Interview with Bessie Harden
Item
Title
Interview with Bessie Harden
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
Harden, Bessie (Interviewee)
Date
1997-02
Description
Note: Original video file has been edited for clarity. Bessie Harden talks about her memories of attending school in Leon County, Florida. Harden was born in West Palm Beach, but moved to Tallahassee when she was 4 years old during Jim Crow. She recalls her teachers, her family, living on Parker Maze [?] Plantation, and other daily experiences of her life in Tallahassee.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
0:17:55
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0012
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
Leon County (Fla.)
African American Historical Neighborhoods est. before 1930
One-room schoolhouses
Segregation in education
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)