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Abstract/Description:	In this interview, Alberta Parrish discusses growing up in Goochland County, Virginia, in the 1930s through the 1950s. She describes her racially mixed neighborhood; memories of attending Bunker Hill School, Second Union School, and Central High School; her career as a beautician; and her participation in the PTA. Alberta Parrish provides a description of the physical layout and facilities of Bunker Hill School and Second Union School. She also comments on the segregation present in her community prior to school integration.
Subject(s):	City/State: Goochland County (Va.) Time Period: Twentieth century Goochland County (Va.) -- Race relations African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County African American schools -- Curricula -- Virginia -- Goochland County Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings Parrish, Alberta -- Interviews Parrish, Alberta -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Date Created:	2014-02-19

Title:	Alberta Parrish interview (2014-02-19).
Name(s):	Parrish, Alberta, interviewee Miller, Alyce P., interviewer Daugherity, Brian J., 1972-, contributor Silvent, Christopher, contributor James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher
Type of Resource:	moving image
Genre:	Oral histories Oral history Moving image
Date Created:	2014-02-19
Extent:	65 MB (45 minutes, 33 seconds)
Digitization Process:	Originally recorded as .mov file. .mp4 (H.264 level 2.2) files processed for distribution with HandBrake at video VBR RF 23 and AAC 160 kb/s mono audio.
Abstract/Description:	In this interview, Alberta Parrish discusses growing up in Goochland County, Virginia, in the 1930s through the 1950s. She describes her racially mixed neighborhood; memories of attending Bunker Hill School, Second Union School, and Central High School; her career as a beautician; and her participation in the PTA. Alberta Parrish provides a description of the physical layout and facilities of Bunker Hill School and Second Union School. She also comments on the segregation present in her community prior to school integration.
Identifier(s):	CONTENTdm ID: goo/id/61 (CONTENTdm ID)
Note(s):	About the Interview: 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 (26 pages).
Subject(s):	City/State: Goochland County (Va.) Time Period: Twentieth century Goochland County (Va.) -- Race relations African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County African American schools -- Curricula -- Virginia -- Goochland County Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings Parrish, Alberta -- Interviews Parrish, Alberta -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
LC Classification:	LA380.G66
Rights Statement URL:	https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights Statement:	In Copyright
Rights:	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.
Is Part Of:	Collection: Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015.
Original Title:	Source: Original oral history: Alberta Parrish interview (2014-02-19), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Title:	Alberta Parrish interview (2014-02-19).
Name(s):	Parrish, Alberta, interviewee Miller, Alyce P., interviewer Daugherity, Brian J., 1972-, contributor Silvent, Christopher, contributor James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher
Type of Resource:	text moving image
Genre:	Oral histories Oral history Moving image Text
Date Created:	2014-02-19
Extent:	65 MB (45 minutes, 33 seconds)
Digitization Process:	Originally recorded as .mov file. .mp4 (H.264 level 2.2) files processed for distribution with HandBrake at video VBR RF 23 and AAC 160 kb/s mono audio.
Abstract/Description:	In this interview, Alberta Parrish discusses growing up in Goochland County, Virginia, in the 1930s through the 1950s. She describes her racially mixed neighborhood; memories of attending Bunker Hill School, Second Union School, and Central High School; her career as a beautician; and her participation in the PTA. Alberta Parrish provides a description of the physical layout and facilities of Bunker Hill School and Second Union School. She also comments on the segregation present in her community prior to school integration.
Identifier(s):	CONTENTdm ID: goo/id/65 (CONTENTdm ID)
Note(s):	About the Interview: 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 (26 pages).
Subject(s):	City/State: Goochland County (Va.) Time Period: Twentieth century Goochland County (Va.) -- Race relations African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County African American schools -- Curricula -- Virginia -- Goochland County Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings Parrish, Alberta -- Interviews Parrish, Alberta -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
LC Classification:	LA380.G66
Rights Statement URL:	https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights Statement:	In Copyright
Rights:	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.
Is Part Of:	Collection: Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015.
Original Title:	Source: Original oral history: Alberta Parrish interview (2014-02-19), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
In Collections:	Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015

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