- Collection:
- Tom Crosby’s Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011
- Title:
- John R. Stevenson oral history interview, 2007 April 11
- Creator:
- Stevenson, John, 1931-
- 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:
- 2007-04-11
- Subject:
- Stevenson, John, 1931---Interviews
Allen University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
Boston University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
Columbia University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
African American teachers--South Carolina--Interviews
African American school administrators--South Carolina--Interviews
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Richland County--History--20th century
African Americans--Education--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Interviews - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Beaufort County, Beaufort, Robert Smalls School, 32.42539, -80.73736
United States, South Carolina, Dorchester County, Summerville, Alston High School
United States, South Carolina, Jasper County, Robertville, Robertville Junior High School
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Allen University, 34.01071, -81.02037
United States, South Carolina, Williamsburg County, Kingstree, Tomlinson High School - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this oral history interview, John Stevenson discusses his educational experiences as a student, teacher, and administrator in South Carolina, moving often in his childhood and attended a number of different schools as his father was an A.M.E. minister, teacher influences, the classes they taught, and their Northern education, attending Allen University and decision to become an elementary teacher, serving in the Korean War, receiving his Master's degree from Boston University, teaching career, integration, teacher and curriculum development decisions, being the first black Superintendent of a Richland County, South Carolina school district in the 1980s and 1990s. John R. Stevenson was born in 1931. In the 1980s, he became the first Black superintendent of a school district in Richland County, South Carolina. Tom Crosby interviewed John R. Stevenson at his residence in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 11, 2007. Interview covers Stevenson's education at Robert Smalls Elementary (grades 1-2 in Beaufort, S.C.), Alston High (grades 2-6 in Summerville, S.C.), Robertville Junior High (grades 6-7 in Robertville, S.C.), Alston High (grades 7-11), and Tomlinson High (grades 11-12) Schools from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. It also covers his education at Allen University from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tomcrosbystr/id/52
- 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 (44 min., 51 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.;1 audiocassette (44 min., 51 sec.) : stereo. ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Tom Crosby oral history collection, 2006-2011
Stevenson, John R. 11Apr2007 CROS 008 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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