- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Francis Anderson interview (2014-03-21)
- Creator:
- Anderson, Francis (interviewee)
Miller, Alyce P. (interviewer)
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor) - Contributor to Resource:
- Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor)
Silvent, Christopher (contributor)
James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives (contributor) - Publisher:
- Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2014-03-21
- Subject:
- African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
Community activists -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Goochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Anderson, Francis
Anderson, Francis--Interviews
Anderson, Francis--Childhood and youth--Anecdotes - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Francis Anderson discusses her childhood growing up in Goochland County, Virginia, including her memories of attending Chapel Hill School, Backbone School and Central High School. She describes a typical day at Chapel Hill School, along with memories of classes, special events and activities, and teachers that lived in the community. Francis Anderson discusses the effect her experiences at Goochland County schools had on the rest of her life and career; her reaction at the time to the closure of schools in Prince Edward County; and the impact a segregated education had on her and other students. She also talks about her children's experiences attending newly-integrated schools in Goochland County; the establishment of a local NAACP chapter; and her careers as a teacher's aide and a community service worker.
An interview conducted as part of the Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, documenting education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated.
Includes transcription of entire interview in PDF format (42 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A34020
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by Brian J. Daugherity, Alyce Miller, and Christopher Silvent. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Original oral history: Francis Anderson interview (2014-03-21), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 136 MB (52 minutes, 42 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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