Interview with Mary King and Anna James
Item
Title
Interview with Mary King and Anna James
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
King, Mary (Interviewee)
James, Anna (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video and audio have been edited for clarity. Althemese Barnes interviews Mary King and Anna James about their experiences growing up, living, going to school and working around the Lake Hall area in Tallahassee. They talk about their experiences farming, their families, memories of the natural landscape, celebrations in the area, and their recollections of the Lake Hall one-room schoolhouse. They also recall the locations at which their families are buried, which are in the Lake Hall and Lake Overstreet areas.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
1:31:55
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0021
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
Leon County Plantations
One-room schoolhouses
Lake Hall (Fla.)
African American families
African American students
African American cemeteries
African American Historical Neighborhoods est. before 1930
African American Customs
African American Tradition
African American Culture
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)