- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Calvin Hopkins interview (2014-03-21)
- Creator:
- Hopkins, Calvin (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 schools--Virginia--Goochland County
School buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Museums--Virginia--Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Hopkins, Calvin -- Interviews
Hopkins, Calvin -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Hopkins, Calvin
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
MovingImage - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Calvin Hopkins discusses his family background and his upbringing in Goochland County, Virginia. He describes his experiences attending Second Union School in the 1950s, including memories of the principal and teachers, student activities, the physical layout of the school, class subjects, and school resources. He also recalls his experiences as a substitute bus driver for Second Union School and recounts his experiences serving in the Air Force in the 1960s through the 1980s. Calvin Hopkin discusses how his educational background in Goochland County prepared him for his life after school, and comments on the impact a segregated education had on him and the community. He also describes efforts to preserve the Second Union building and convert it for use as a Rosenwald school museum.
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 (19 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A34040
- 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: Calvin Hopkins 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:
- 89 MB (49 minutes, 27 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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