Interview with Ritchie Anderson
Item
Title
Interview with Ritchie Anderson
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Anderson, Ritchie (Interviewee)
Thompson, Sharyn (Interviewer)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video file with audio has been edited for clarity. In this interview, Mrs. Anderson, a Florida school teacher, recalls her experiences growing up in Gadsden County. She talks about her family, specifically how her maternal grandmother came to live in Florida after escaping slavery in Alabama, and how her mother bought land and built their family home. She also talks about her schooling, her work as a teacher, her experiences during Jim Crow, and other memories she has of the schools.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
0:44:59
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0011
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
African American children
African American educators
African American Social Interaction
African American women--Education
Community Interactions
African American students
African American Customs
Gadsden County (Fla.)
African American Historical Neighborhoods est. before 1930
One-room schoolhouses
Segregation in education
Time Period
Slavery (1619-1862)
Jim Crow (1877-1964)