- Collection:
- Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Wade Peay, Jr. & Alvin Richmond, Sr.
- 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:
- Alvin Richmond was born in Simpson, South Carolina, one of seven children. His great-grandmother was the senior midwife in Fairfield County and trained others to be midwives. He attended Fairfield High School and is the minister of St. Mark Baptist Church. Wade Peay was born in the western part of Fairfield County near Monticello, South Carolina. His parents were sharecroppers. He attended Fairfield High School. This oral history interview with Wade Peay, Jr. and Alvin Richmond, Sr. on October 26, 2017 includes discussion of growing up in Fairfield County, South Carolina, sharecropping, differences in teaching in the past and today, the quality of teachers at Fairfield High School, discipline in school, race relations in the past and today, segregation and integration, employment, being life-long learners, and facilitating change in society.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.sc.edu/exhibits/fairfieldhighschool/wade-peay-jr-alvin-richmond-sr
- 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:
- 75:25
- Original Collection:
- Accession # EDLP 023
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
