- Collection:
- Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Eva Armstrong
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chastity Evans
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. Department of Oral History, University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10-26
- Subject:
- Fairfield High School (Fairfield, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
Students--South Carolina--Fairfield County (S.C.)--Social life and customs
Segregation in education--South Carolina--History - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Fairfield County, 34.39511, -81.12123
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mp3
- Description:
- Eva Armstrong was born in Ridgeway, South Carolina in 1929. Her mother was a homemaker, her father a farmer. She was one of sixteen children and attended Fairfield High School in Winnsboro, South Carolina. This oral history interview with Eva Armstrong on October 26, 2017 includes discussion of growing up in Ridgeway, attending Fairfield High School, the Great Depression, an anecdote about dressing for school, riding the bus, race relations, segregated school facilities and text books, integration of the workforce, working at the Uniroyal plant in Winnsboro, and race relations today.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.sc.edu/exhibits/fairfieldhighschool/eva-armstrong
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University of South Carolina. The transcript and audio are provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction, and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Department of Oral History, University Libraries, University of South Carolina.
- Extent:
- 63:25
- Original Collection:
- Accession # EDLP 002
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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