- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Sherman Ware interview (2014-03-21)
- Creator:
- Ware, Sherman (interviewee)
Miller, Alyce P. (interviewer)
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (interviewer) - Contributor to Resource:
- Silvent, Christopher (contributor)
James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives (contributor) - Publisher:
- Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2014-03-21
- Subject:
- African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
School buses -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Community activists -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Ware, Sherman -- Interviews
Ware, Sherman -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Ware, Sherman
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
MovingImage - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Sherman Ware discusses his family and upbringing in Goochland County, Virginia, in the 1950s; his memories of attending Cedar Plain Elementary School and Central Elementary School; and his experiences driving a school bus as a high school student and after graduation. He also discusses members of the community who were involved in educational activism and the administration of Rosenwald schools.
An interview conducted as part of the Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, documenting education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated.
Includes transcription of entire interview in PDF format (20 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A33994
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by Brian J. Daugherity, Alyce Miller, and Christopher Silvent. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Original oral history: Sherman Ware interview (2014-03-21), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 841 MB (52 minutes, 9 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
-
