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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonCora.AudioInt.5.3.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Cora Hairston
- Date:
- 2016-05-03
- Creator:
- Hairston, Cora
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- African Americans--Appalachian Region, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, West Virginia--Fiction, Rhythm and blues music, foodways, Soul music, Food habits, Coal mines and mining, Hairston, Cora, and Gospel music
- Location:
- Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.), Logan (W. Va.), and Logan County (W. Va.)
![["Cora Lee (Phillips) Hairston (b. 1942, Sarah Anne, WV) is a musician and writer from Logan County, West Virginia. She and her husband Fred, also a musician, currently live in Omar, West Virginia. Cora Hairston is the author of two novels, Faces Behind the Dust and Hello World Here Comes Claraby Rose, both fictionalized accounts based on her childhood growing up in a Black coal camp. She spoke about her childhood, her music, and her writing practice."]](/thumb/4224HairstonCoraIntTranscript5316 "Transcript of oral history of Cora Hairston")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonCora.IntTranscript.5.3.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Cora Hairston
- Date:
- 2016-05-03
- Creator:
- Hairston, Cora
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- West Virginia--Fiction, Food habits, Hairston, Cora, Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, Coal mines and mining, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and foodways
- Location:
- Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.) and Logan County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.001.7.20.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- African Americans--History, Segregation in education, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and School integration
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.002.7.20.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Berkeley County (W. Va.), School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.003.7.20.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- School integration, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.)
![["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, October 30, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]](/thumb/4224HarrisLeonardIntTranscript72016 "Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
- Date:
- 2016-07-20
- Creator:
- Harris, Leonard
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.), Segregation in education, Community museums, African Americans--History, School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and African Americans--Appalachian Region
- Location:
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.JohnsonDelores.AudioInt.11.8.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Delores Johnson
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Johnson, Delores
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Quilting, African American quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Quiltmakers, Art quilts, and Portraits on quilts
- Location:
- Huntington (W. Va.)
![["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]](/thumb/4224JohnsonDeloresIntTranscript11817 "Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson")
- Identifier:
- 4224.JohnsonDelores.IntTranscript.11.8.17
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Delores Johnson
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Johnson, Delores
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Art quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Portraits on quilts, Huntington (W. Va.), African American quilts, Quiltmakers, and Quilting
- Location:
- Huntington (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.MarshallCharlene.AudioInt.001.3.23.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 1 of 3
- Date:
- 2019-03-23
- Creator:
- Marshall, Charlene
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements, Knitters (Persons), Racism, Scott's Run (W. Va.), School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Morgantown (W. Va.), and African American women politicians
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.) and Morgantown (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.MarshallCharlene.AudioInt.002.3.23.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 2 of 3
- Date:
- 2019-03-23
- Creator:
- Marshall, Charlene
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- African American women politicians, Racism, School integration, Morgantown (W. Va.), Civil rights movements, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Scott's Run (W. Va.), and Knitters (Persons)
- Location:
- Morgantown (W. Va.) and Scott's Run (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.MarshallCharlene.AudioInt.003.3.23.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Charlene Marshall, 3 of 3
- Date:
- 2019-03-23
- Creator:
- Marshall, Charlene
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- African American women politicians, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Racism, Civil rights movements, Knitters (Persons), School integration, and Morgantown (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Scott's Run (W. Va.) and Morgantown (W. Va.)
![["Charlene (Jennings) Marshall Charlene (Jennings) Marshall (b. September 17, 1949) is a native of Osage, West Virginia in Scotts Run. She was the first African American woman mayor in Morgantown and all of West Virginia, serving from 1991-1998. She was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 44th District from 1998-2002 and 2004 until 2014. In this interview she speaks about growing up in Osage, her term as mayor, and experiences as an activist in the civil rights movement in Morgantown. She also showed pictures of an exhibit she has been working on, The African American Experience in Morgantown. This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]](/thumb/4224MarshallCharleneIntTranscript32319 "Transcript of oral history of Charlene Marshall")
- Identifier:
- 4224.MarshallCharlene.IntTranscript.3.23.19
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Charlene Marshall
- Date:
- 2019-03-23
- Creator:
- Marshall, Charlene
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Knitters (Persons), Racism, African American women politicians, School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and Morgantown (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Morgantown (W. Va.) and Scott's Run (W. Va.)
