- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Phyllis Parrish interview (2013-09-09)
- Creator:
- Parrish, Phyllis (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:
- 2013-09-09
- Subject:
- African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Parrish, Phyllis -- Interviews
Parrish, Phyllis -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Community activists -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Pace, Haywood -- Interviews
Pace, Haywood -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Goochland County (Va.) -- Race relations
African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
Government employees -- Interviews
Pace, Earline -- Interviews
Pace, Earline -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
MovingImage - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Phyllis Parrish discusses her family background and childhood in Goochland County, Virginia and her memories of attending Second Union School and Central High School. She also recounts what a typical day at Second Union School was like; and discusses teachers, facilities, resources, and equipment at Second Union School. Phyllis Parrish also describes her education and employment in New York City after high school.
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.
No photograph available.
Includes transcription of entire interview in PDF format (36 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A34000
- 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: Phyllis Parrish interview (2013-09-09), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 213 MB (1 hour, 19 minutes, 49 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
-
