- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Alberta Parrish interview (2014-02-19)
- Creator:
- Parrish, Alberta (interviewee)
Miller, Alyce P. (interviewer)
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor) - Contributor to Resource:
- Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor)
Silvent, Christopher (contributor)
James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives (contributor) - Publisher:
- Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2014-02-19
- Subject:
- African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Parrish, Alberta -- Interviews
Parrish, Alberta -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Parrish, Alberta
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
MovingImage - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Alberta Parrish discusses growing up in Goochland County, Virginia, in the 1930s through the 1950s. She describes her racially mixed neighborhood; memories of attending Bunker Hill School, Second Union School, and Central High School; her career as a beautician; and her participation in the PTA. Alberta Parrish provides a description of the physical layout and facilities of Bunker Hill School and Second Union School. She also comments on the segregation present in her community prior to school integration.
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 (26 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A34049
- 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: Alberta Parrish interview (2014-02-19), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 65 MB (45 minutes, 33 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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