- Collection:
- Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Maude Ross & Karen Ross Grant
- 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:
- This is an oral history interview with Maude Ross and Karen Ross Grant on October 26, 2017. Maude Ford Ross was born in Greensboro, NC in the 1920s. Her father was a train engineer and her mother was a school teacher. She attended college in South Carolina and New York, earning degrees from Allen University and Columbia University. After college, she came to Winnsboro, and was a guidance counselor and teacher at Fairfield High School. Maude Ford Ross lives in Winnsboro, South Carolina. Karen Ross Grant is the 'middle' of the four children of Maude Ross and Julius Ross, Sr. She grew up in Winnsboro and attended Winnsboro High School, right after 'freedom of choice' and the end of segregation. She went on to further her education at Winthrop University, and later, MIT. She worked for the State of South Carolina, and lives in Winnsboro.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.sc.edu/exhibits/fairfieldhighschool/maude-ross-karen-ross-grant
- 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:
- 01:05:37
- Original Collection:
- Accession # EDLP 024
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
