Interview with Charlotte Flowers
Item
Title
Interview with Charlotte Flowers
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
Flowers, Charlotte (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video and audio have been edited for clarity. In this interview, Charlotte Flowers recalls memories of her upbringing and life in Florida. Born and raised 7 miles from Tallahassee on a pecan farm, she recalls her childhood, family, and early education, during which she balanced farm work and school. At 21, she moved to a house in town. She recalls what the city was like, the different community and social interactions, businesses, and meeting notable individuals such as John G. Riley. She explains funerary customs at the time and the place where most of her immediate family was buried, which has now been built over. She also talks about her grandfather's stories from the time he was enslaved, her two marriages, and her children.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
0:45:32
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0031
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
Community Interactions
Leon County (Fla.)
African American Pastimes
African American families
Religion
Black people--Funeral customs and rites
Time Period
Slavery (1619-1862)
Jim Crow (1877-1964)