- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Eva Anthony interview (2014-01-31)
- Creator:
- Anthony, Eva (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:
- 2014-01-31
- Subject:
- African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Anthony, Eva -- Interviews
Anthony, Eva -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Anthony, Eva
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
MovingImage - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Eva Anthony discusses growing up in Maidens, Goochland County, Virginia. She describes her family background, their experiences of being the only black family in their neighborhood, and her memories of attending Beaver Dam School and Central High School. Eva Anthony also discusses the presence of the Ku Klux Klan in Goochland County in the 30s and early 40s. She describes the layout of Beaver Dam School, and recalls her memories of being a student in Goochland County. She also discusses efforts by her own and other families to get Rosenwald schools built in the area, and describes her son's experiences in being the first to integrate Goochland Elementary School.
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 (22 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A34060
- 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: Eva Anthony interview (2014-01-31), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 146 MB (1 hour, 2 minutes, 11 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
-
