Interview with Estelle Sawyer
Item
Title
Interview with Estelle Sawyer
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
Sawyer, Estelle (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video and audio have been edited for clarity. Althemese Barnes interviews Estelle Sawyer, a native of Tallahassee, about the history of the land surrounding Lake Overstreet. Estelle and her husband once owned 11 acres of that land and grew up close to the Lake Hall community. She talks about how her and her husband came about the property and expands on how they lost it. She recalls the racial divisions there and stories of farm life from her parents, as well as memories of her and her husband's family and extended family. She also talks about community interactions, education in the community, and recalls other people who owned property at the lake.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
1:21:22
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0028
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
African American Displacement
Business enterprises, Black
African American professional employees
Lake Hall (Fla.)
Community Interactions
African American Pastimes
African American families
Leon County Plantations
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)