Interview with Betty Madison
Item
Title
Interview with Betty Madison
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Patrick, Seth (Interviewer)
Madison, Betty (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video file has been edited for clarity. In this interview with Betty Madison, Betty recalls her years attending the Old Lake Hall School, an African American one-room schoolhouse from the Reconstruction Era. She attended the school from 1942 to 1947, during Jim Crow, and remembers her time there fondly. She draws distinctions between the demeanor of African American students in the past and their demeanor in the present. This interview was part of an effort to preserve the Old Lake Hall School in Leon County.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
0:30:00
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0003
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
African American students
African American educators
African American Social Interaction
Community Interactions
African American Customs
Leon County (Fla.)
Lake Hall (Fla.)
African American Historical Neighborhoods est. before 1930
One-room schoolhouses
Segregation in education
Time Period
Reconstruction (1863-1877)
Jim Crow (1877-1964)