Ray, Geraldine, 1937-

Authoritative Name:

Ray, Geraldine, 1937-

Biography:

Geraldine Ray grew up in Barnardsville, North Carolina, a small town near Asheville, caring for her disabled grandmother, working on the family farm, and attending all-black segregated schools. She briefly lived with her father in Cincinnati before returning to Barnardsville to care for her grandmother. She sacrificed her love of education and desire for a career to nurse her relatives and friends through several illnesses, though she also endured health problems. She married her childhood friend J. T. Ray and raised two children.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

Associated Subjects:

Ray, Geraldine, 1937-

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

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Oral history interview with Geraldine Ray, September 13, 1997

Creator:

Ray, Geraldine, 1937-

Date of Original:

1977-09-13

Collection:

Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement

Contributing Institution:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)