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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/African-American_Tenant_Farmer_Photographs_Clarksville_Va._c._1920-1930_[Ms2009-110]/Ms2011-110_Photo6/Ms2009-110_Photo6.jpg
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Title
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African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Va., c. 1920-1930 (Ms2009-110)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Sharecropping--Virginia.
Farm tenancy--Virginia.
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Description
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These photographs depict the conditions of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville, Virginia. These photographs, taken around 1930, show the conditions in which tenant farmers lived and worked during the Great Depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to improve the conditions of farmers around the country with his New Deal legislation, making parity payments to landowners who were then expected to share these payments with their tenants; however, some of these landowners took the opportunity to keep the money for themselves. By the late 1930s, nearly forty per cent of all farmers were tenant farmers. Tenant farming was common after the abolition of slavery. Agriculture in many parts of the United States had been built upon the work of enslaved people. Once enslaving people was no longer legal, landowners had to find another method to farm their land. At the same time, former enslaved people needed homes and jobs. Tenant farming was the solution chosen by many landowners and former enslaved people. A landowner would rent a portion of their land to a tenant for a price that was, many times, half of the crop or a significant amount of money. Farming was unpredictable and this type of arrangement often proved problematic for tenant farmers if their crops failed.
Abstract
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This collection contains six black and white photographs of a tenant farm in Clarksville, Virginia.
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00477.xml.frame">See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection</a>
Date
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1920/1930
Rights
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Identifier
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Ms2009-110
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, Ms2009-110, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Still Image
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Title
A name given to the resource
Photograph, Portrait of a Tenant Farmer Known as Aaron with a Horse, Clarksville, Va., c. 1930 (Ms2009-110)
Subject
The topic of the resource
African American history
Sharecropping--Virginia.
Farm tenancy--Virginia.
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Bibliographic Citation
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, Ms2009-110, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Description
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A photograph of a tenant farmer known as Aaron with a horse. Taken around 1930, while Aaron was working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville, Virginia.
Source
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00477.xml.frame">See the Finding Aid for the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, collection</a>
Date
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1920/1930
Rights
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Type
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Photographs
Identifier
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Ms2011-110_Photo6
Rights Holder
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<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4152/1962aerial_OFHpointer.jpg
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Title
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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1962aerial_OFHpointer
Title
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1962 Aerial Area of New Town
Date
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1962
Description
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Black and white aerial photograph showing the Town of Blacksburg and New Town's location within it. New Town location designated by red arrow.
Type
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Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4153/2008.02.003.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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2008.02.003
Title
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Photograph, Ginger Wagner and [unknown] on the porch of house in New Town
Date
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n.d.
Description
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Ginger Wagner and unnamed individual sitting on porch of a New Town house (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
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Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Type
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Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Source
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Ginger Wagner collection, Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Rights
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Permission to publish from the Ginger Wagner collection must be obtained from the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4154/2008.02.007.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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2008.02.007
Title
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Photograph, New Town house with white car under carport
Date
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n.d.
Description
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New Town house with white car under carport (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
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Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Type
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Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Rights
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Permission to publish from the Ginger Wagner collection must be obtained from the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Source
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Ginger Wagner collection, Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4155/2008.02.008.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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2008.02.008
Title
A name given to the resource
Photograph, New Town House
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
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New Town House (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
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Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Type
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Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ginger Wagner collection, Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Rights
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Permission to publish from the Ginger Wagner collection must be obtained from the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4156/2008.02.015.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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2008.02.015
Title
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Photograph, New Town House 2
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
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New Town House 2 (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
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Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Type
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Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Source
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Ginger Wagner collection, Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Rights
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Permission to publish from the Ginger Wagner collection must be obtained from the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4157/2008.02.019.jpg
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Title
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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2008.02.019
Title
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Photograph, Laura Lee Anderson and [unknown] on the porch of a house in New Town
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
An account of the resource
Laura Lee Anderson and unnamed individual (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
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Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Type
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Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ginger Wagner collection, Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
Rights
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Permission to publish from the Ginger Wagner collection must be obtained from the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4161/PennStreetChurch1948.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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PennStreetChurch1948
Title
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Drawing, Penn St. Church c. 1948
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
c. 1948
Description
An account of the resource
Drawing of Penn Street Church.
Type
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Drawings
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4162/PhillipsMap.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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PhillipsMap
Title
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Map of the Town of Blacksburg, Showing the Present Location of the Negro Population
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
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Map of early Blacksburg showing "present location of the negro population" (exact date unknown).
Rights
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Permission to publish material must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Maps
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4163/PhillipsThesis_SchoolfromSW.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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PhillipsThesis_SchoolfromSW
Title
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Photograph, "Negro School" in Blacksburg, near Clay Street
Date
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n.d.
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of "Negro school house" building (ca. 1948) in Blacksburg. From "A Negro Neighborhood for Blacksburg, Virginia," by Martha Shupp Phillilps. Master's Thesis in Architecture (1948),
Rights
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Permission to publish material must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4164/ThanksgivingProgram.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
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ThanksgivingProgram
Title
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G.U.O.O.F. Thanksgiving Program
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
An account of the resource
Thanksgiving service program of Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (exact date unknown).
Rights
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Permission to publish material must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Pamphlets
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4167/Vaughn_deed.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
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Vaughn_deed
Title
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Deed, Vaughn Property
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
An account of the resource
Handwritten Vaughn property deed (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Public Document -- Circuit Court of Mont Co
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Deeds
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4168/Vaughn_sale.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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Vaughn_sale
Title
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Bill of Sale, Vaughn Property
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
c. 1905
Description
An account of the resource
House and Lot bill of sale, Vaughn .
Rights Holder
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Public Domain -- pre-1923
Type
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Bills
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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Watson_Deed
Title
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Deed, Watson Property
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
An account of the resource
Handwritten Watson property deed (exact date unknown).
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Public Document -- Circuit Court of Mont Co
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Deeds
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4171/st_johns.jpg
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History of New Town
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NewTown
Still Image
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st_johns
Title
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Photograph, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Blacksburg
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
n.d.
Description
An account of the resource
St Johns Day: St Paul A.M.E. Church, Blacksburg, VA (exact date unknown).
Rights
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Permission to publish material must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photographs
Subject
The topic of the resource
Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/ef8fd4e79a41ef682e3554341831d7ea.jpg
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https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/7bce6a052a4079113ba6c4b1e5f5240f.mp3
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Title
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VT Stories Oral History Collection (Ms2016-015)
Subject
The topic of the resource
University history
Identifier
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Ms2016-015
Rights
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<a href="https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Permission to publish material from the VT Stories Oral History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
<a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a>
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Initiated in 2015 by the President’s Office and managed by faculty and staff in History, English, TLOS, VT Libraries, and the Alumni Association, the VT Stories Oral History Project collects and examines stories, memories, tall tales, tragedies, and triumphs of all members of the Hokie community to help us know our shared history and to make sense of it. At the heart of the project is Hokies interviewing Hokies—largely student-staffed and trained by oral historians, interviewers engage with VT Alumni to learn their history and to make mentoring connections that go beyond the student experience. As we seek to understand why Virginia Tech is top rated in its success in engaging alumni, we highlight the exciting, memorable, historic moments in Hokie lives that have forged strong and enduring connections.
Any questions regarding this collection should be directed to Ren Harman, Oral History Projects Archivist, harman07@vt.edu
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Ren Harman
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Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Matt Winston Sr.
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VT Stories Oral History with Matthew Winston Sr., February 9, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
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University History
African American history
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2018-02-09
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Matt Winston Sr., Virginia Tech class of 1959, was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1938, the youngest of three children. Though he grew up in a time of warfare and racial segregation in a poor family, he enjoyed his childhood. He remembers being hardly aware of the hardships around him, to which he says: “Someone was looking after me but I didn’t know it.”
While at Booker T. Washington high school, he excelled in academics and caught the attention of his physics teacher, who had started his own guidance program. This teacher suggested that Matt get an engineering education at a Virginia university, which up to that point Matt and other Black students had thought impossible. He ended up getting a grant from a foundation to attend college and decided to come to Virginia Tech.
He recalls being overwhelmed by the Virginia Tech campus and to be living in the mountains. At the time, Virginia Tech was largely attended by World War II veterans, and Matt remembers there being a behavioral distinction between the men who had served and those like him who weren’t and saw college as “freedom to get away from home.”
As one of the earliest Black students to ever attend Virginia Tech, Matt remembers some instances of discrimination, but he also states that he had an easier time than other Black students who came before him, such as Charlie Yates. Matt was unable to attend the Ring Dance because he was Black and recalls getting a call from President Newman telling him so. He also remembers an instance where a professor stopped teaching one of his classes because he didn’t want to teach a class with a Black student in it. Though Matt had troubles and sometimes felt isolated during his early years at Virginia Tech, he also states that he cannot remember a troublesome incident with any student. He was also welcomed by the Black community in Blacksburg and grew a family-like bond with other African American individuals in the town.
Following his graduation in 1959, Matt got a job at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where many other Virginia Tech graduates worked at the time. He ended up working there for 36 years. While working for NASA Matt was able to go to Virginia Tech to speak with Hokie students about his job over the years, which he greatly enjoyed. When speaking with these students, Matt would emphasize how a Virginia Tech education would always serve them no matter where they went or where they worked.
Matt’s influence as one of the first Black students at Virginia Tech has influenced someone very close to him, his son, Matt Winston Jr. who now serves as Vice President for Alumni Relations at Virginia Tech. Matt Winston Jr. states that people continually come up to him with memories of attending Virginia Tech with his father, and that “if everything that he and his classmates can go through they walk out of here and they say they still love Virginia Tech, then I'm like why shouldn’t everybody love Virginia Tech? . . . . And so I think that’s what my calling and my job is, and so it may sound like a movie script or something, but I couldn’t be doing what I'm doing if my dad hadn’t done what he did.”
Through all the hardship, loneliness, and good times, Matt Winston Sr. has developed an intense Hokie Pride and a gratefulness for the institution. Today, he credits Virginia Tech with teaching him humility and dealing with adversity. Today, Matt represents one of many students who led the way for future minority Hokies. His influence, optimism, and success demonstrate true Hokie spirit.
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project (Ms2019-037)
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Rebecca Middour
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00:35:36
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Jacqueline Eaves
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Oral History with Jacqueline Eaves, November 2, 2012 (Ms2019-037)
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
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African American history
Blacksburg (Va.)
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Jacqueline “Jackie” Eaves graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1964 and was a member of the Alumni Association. Jacqueline was born in Radford, Virginia and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Susannah Loumiet
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00:53:39
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Naomi Davidson
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Oral History with Naomi Davidson, October 27, 2012 (Ms2019-037)
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
Education, Secondary
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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Ms2019-037_NaomiDavidson
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Naomi Davidson graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1954. Naomi grew up in the Wake Forest community in Montgomery County, Virginia, and later retired in Pulaski County, Virginia.
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Jay Coman
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00:45:00
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Gladys Sokolow
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Oral History with Gladys Sokolow, November 9, 2012 (Ms2019-037)
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
Education, Secondary
Pulaski County (Va.)
African American history
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Ms2019-037_GladysSokolow
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Gladys Sokolow graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1953. Gladys grew up in Pulaski County, Virginia and later resided in Christiansburg, Virginia. Gladys served as Treasurer for the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association Board of Directors as well as Executive Director Emeritus for the Christiansburg Institute, Inc. Board of Directors.
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Tyler Bergeron
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01:15:34
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Esther Jones
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Oral History with Esther Jones, November 9, 2012 (Ms2019-037)
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
Education, Secondary
African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
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Ms2019-037_EstherJones
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Esther Jones graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1939. Esther used the skills she acquired at CI to assist her husband in running a mine in Wake Forest, Montgomery County, Virginia.
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project (Ms2019-037)
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Abigail Lau
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00:35:41
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Mary Smith Mills
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Oral History with Mary Smith Mills, November 27, 2012 (Ms2019-037)
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
Education, Secondary
World War II
African American history
Blacksburg (Va.)
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Ms2019-037_MarySmithMills
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Mary Smith Mills attended Christiansburg Institute from 1941 to 1945. Mary grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia and later became the first black woman to work at a clothing store in downtown Blacksburg.
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project (Ms2019-037)
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Ryan Noland
Katie Haas
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01:40:35
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Charles Johnson
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Oral History with Charles Johnson, October 18, 2012 (Ms2019-037)
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
Blacksburg (Va.)
Education, Secondary
African American history
Kentland Farm
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Ms2019-037_CharlesJohnson
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Charles Johnson graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1953 and served as President of the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association. Johnson employed the barbering trade he acquired at CI for many decades in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project (Ms1991-019)
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African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Kentland Farm
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Coal mines and mining
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The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. The narrators represent communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest.
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Michael A. Cooke
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Frank Bannister
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01:43:54
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Oral History with Frank Bannister, February 26, 1991 (Ms1991-019)
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African American history
Coal mines and mining
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Montgomery County (Va.)
Kentland Farm
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Frank Bannister was born in Wake Forest, Virginia in 1913, and his family members were descendants of Kentland Plantation slaves, which is now Kentland Farm in Whitethorne, Virginia. Bannister describes growing up in Wake Forest, working in the mines, Christiansburg Industrial Institute, Black social life, and desegregation in Montgomery County. Specifically, Bannister discusses his work in the mines and his experience working for President Marshall Hahn at Virginia Tech during the time of desegregation.
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Ms1991-019_FrankBannister
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project (Ms1991-019)
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African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Kentland Farm
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Coal mines and mining
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The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. The narrators represent communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest.
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
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Michael A. Cooke
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Rice Dobbins
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Dobbins Residence
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00:24:02
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Oral History with Rice Dobbins, March 2, 1991
Subject
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African American history
Farm tenancy--Virginia.
Iron foundries--Virginia
Montgomery County (Va.)
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Description
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Rice Dobbins grew up in Riner, Virginia in an area called Piney Wood. Dobbins primarily worked as a farmer in the Montgomery County area, specifically on Heth Farm (present day Heathwood Apartments). He moved to Blacksburg in the late 1930s, where he married Ethel Dobbins and started a family. Rice Dobbins discusses work opportunities for Black Appalachians, including farm work in the area, and he talks about the Riner area's demographic demise.
His wife, Ethel Dobbins of Bedford, Virginia, briefly discusses grocery stores in the Montgomery County area and relations between Black and White residents.
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Ms1991-019_RiceDobbins
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project (Ms1991-019)
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African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Kentland Farm
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Coal mines and mining
Description
An account of the resource
The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. The narrators represent communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest.
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
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Michael A. Cooke
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Rosa Thomas Holmes
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Christiansburg, Virginia
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00:28:37
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Oral History with Rosa Thomas Holmes, March 13, 1991 (Ms1991-019)
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African American history
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Christiansburg, Va.
Coal mines and mining
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
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Rosa Thomas Holmes, originally born in Beckley, West Virginia, grew up in the Christiansburg area. Holmes attended Hill School in and Christiansburg Industrial Institute before attending Virginia State College. She worked as a teacher in Florida before moving back to Christiansburg where she worked for Montgomery County Public Schools until retirement. Holmes discusses growing up in Christiansburg and Black and White community relations during her upbringing, as well as the community response to desegregation.
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Ms1991-019_RosaHolmes
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project (Ms1991-019)
Subject
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African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Kentland Farm
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Coal mines and mining
Description
An account of the resource
The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. The narrators represent communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest.
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
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Interviewer
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Michael A. Cooke
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Charles A. Johnson
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Blacksburg, Virginia
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02:12:30
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Oral History with Charles A. Johnson, March 3, 1991 (Ms1991-019)
Subject
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African American history
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Montgomery County (Va.)
Radford Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.)
Coal mines and mining
Description
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Charles A. Johnson was born in Wake Forest, Virginia, where he grew up and received his primary education. Johnson graduated from Christiansburg Institute in 1953 before serving in the Army. When Johnson returned from the Army, he began cutting hair at the Virginia Tech campus barbershop and eventually started his own barber shop in Blacksburg. In this interview, Johnson discusses growing up in Montgomery County. He describes the Wake Forest community, access to education, race relations, church communities, and social life.
Additionally, Johnson describes how his barbershop developed into a prominent Black business in Blacksburg, and he describes his challenges in starting his own barbering business.
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Ms1991-019_CharlesJohnson
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project (Ms1991-019)
Subject
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African American history
Montgomery County (Va.)
Kentland Farm
Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Coal mines and mining
Description
An account of the resource
The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia. The narrators represent communities such as Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston, Riner, Shawsville, and Wake Forest.
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
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Interviewer
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Michael A. Cooke
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James C. Wade
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Blacksburg, Virginia
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00:40:22
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Oral History with James C. Wade, March 12, 1991 (Ms1991-019)
Subject
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.
Blacksburg (Va.)
African American history
Radford Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.)
Football
Description
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James C. Wade was born and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia. Wade graduated from Christiansburg Institute in 1959, and served in the Army before moving back to the Montgomery County area. In this interview, Wade describes race relations in Blacksburg, and he recounts his role in desegregating a local restaurant. Additionally, Wade discusses social life and work opportunities for Black Appalachians in the mid-to-late twentieth century. Wade provides unique insight on the Black community in Blacksburg, including information about the first Black students at Virginia Tech.
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Ms1991-019_JamesWade
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