Oral history of Cora Hairston
- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonCora.AudioInt.5.3.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Cora Hairston
- Date:
- 2016-05-03
- Creator:
- Hairston, Cora
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Description:
- 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.
- 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
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Location:
- Chief Logan State Park (W. Va.), Logan (W. Va.), and Logan County (W. Va.)
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Language:
- English
- Source:
- A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection