- Collection:
- Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Fannie Ford, Charlie Belton, & Easter Samuels
- Contributor to Resource:
- Shelley Dempsey
- 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:
- Fannie Ford, Charlie Belton, and Easter Samuels were all born in Fairfield County, South Carolina. They attended Fairfield High School and Winnsboro High School (now Fairfield Central High School) during the integration of schools. This oral history interview with Fannie Ford, Charlie Belton, and Easter Samuels on October 26, 2017 includes discussion of growing up in Fairfield County, attending Fairfield High School, Winnsboro High School, school segregation and integration, curriculum differences, family discussions about the integration of schools, life after graduation from high school, their feelings about the closing of Fairfield High School, the quality of teachers at Fairfield High School, home visits from teachers, race relations in the community, Richard Winn Academy, the Civil Rights movement, Charlie Belton invited back to Winnsboro High School as a local poet, the Winnsboro Mill Village, lack of extra-curricular activities for black students at Winnsboro High School, explaining segregation to younger generations, race relations in Fairfield County today, economic depression in Fairfield County, an anecdote about class rings, and planning reunions and classmates' birthdays.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.sc.edu/exhibits/fairfieldhighschool/fannie-ford-charlie-belton-easter-samuels
- 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:
- 67:52
- Original Collection:
- Accession # EDLP 008
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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