- Collection:
- Historic Fulton Oral History Project
- Title:
- An oral history interview with Theresita Braxton, March 13, 2012
- Contributor to Resource:
- Braxton, Theresita (interviewee)
Morris, Caroline Chandler, 1980- (interviewer)
Johnson, Corliss Freda (contributor)
James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives.
Greater Fulton's Future (Project). Legacy Committee
Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Neighborhood Resource Center (Richmond, Va.)
The Valentine
VCU Libraries (publisher) - Date of Original:
- 2012-03-13
- Subject:
- Richmond (Va.)--Social conditions
African American women teachers--Virginia--Interviews
Neighborhoods--Virginia--Richmond--Social conditions
Urban renewal--Virginia--Richmond
Civil rights demonstrations--Virginia--Richmond - People:
- Braxton, Theresita--Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
- Medium:
- sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- In this interview, Theresita Braxton describes growing up in the Historic Fulton neighborhood of Richmond, Va., in the 1920s and 1930s; going to school to get her teaching degree; attending and working at Virginia Union University; social activities and events in college; her memories of student staged protests and sit-ins during the 1960s; her experiences as a student at New York University; and her move from Historic Fulton due to the revitalization project.
An interview conducted as part of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project documenting life in the Historic Fulton community in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. - Local Identifier:
- contentdm id: ful/id/71
F234.R56 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu:37813
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by The Valentine. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, non-commercial use of this material is permitted. For any commercial uses, permission is required.
- Original Collection:
- Historic Fulton Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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