Chestine Epps Curry, Suwannee County
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Chestine Epps Curry, Suwannee County
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Type
StillImage
Description
Chestine Epps Curry, Suwannee County; "[T]he black went to separate schools, not equal schools, not equally as they should be, as the white school in Suwannee County. They were thankful to be able to learn how to read and write because they were once, wouldn't 'llow the blacks to be part, to go to school to read and write in the United States. The black school were poorly equipped. As they say, some had pumps. It was a spring. The children had to go to the spring and get water. They didn't bring 'em wood, so sometimes the boys would have to go out and cut wood and bring it back. We had a heater. This was at Smithville, that's the name of the school. Smithville. Then the black schools, as I say, was poorly heated. Sometimes, as I say they had school in churches. I remember the school was so poorly built and had plenty ventilation 'til we went in the church. Sometimes we'd have school in the churches."
Genre
Photographs
Place
Florida--Suwannee County
Physical Description
24 items
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS20060531-B001-PA-I089
Topics
African American Families
Physical Location
Hidden Sagas Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.