- Collection:
- Tom Crosby’s Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011
- Title:
- Harold Thompson oral history interview, 2009 September 3
- Creator:
- Thompson, Harold, 1951-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Crosby, Tom, 1940-
South Caroliniana Library. Office of Oral History - Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 2009-09-03
- Subject:
- Thompson, Harold, 1951---Interviews
Sims High School (Union, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
High school athletes--South Carolina--Union County--History
Discrimination in employment--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--Employment--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Union County--History--20th century
African Americans--Education--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Interviews - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Union County, 34.68928, -81.61942
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, Sims High School, 34.70097, -81.6101 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this oral history interview, Harold Eugene Thompson discusses his educational experiences in the Lukesville community of Union, South Carolina at New Primary elementary school and Sims High School, playing football and basketball in high school, moving to Washington, D.C., pursuing a degree in broadcast engineering from Temple Technical Institute, facing racism and prejudice in his career at WSPA - Channel 7- Spartanburg, South Carolina, and serving on the Union City Council and briefly as Mayor pro tem. Harold Eugene Thompson was born April 2, 1951 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Helen (Stinson) and Dudley Thompson, Jr. Tom Crosby interviewed Harold Thompson on September 3, 2009. Interview covers Thompson's education at New Primary Elementary (of the town of Lukesville, S.C.) and Sims High Schools from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tomcrosbystr/id/47
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright: 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: The South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, 910 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208
- Extent:
- 1 sound disc (48 min., 27 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.;1 audiocassette (48 min., 27 sec.) : stereo. ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Tom Crosby oral history collection, 2006-2011
Thompson, Harold 03Sept2009 CROS 031 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
