Barksdale W. Haggins and Irving Haggins interview (1999-12-12)
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    Date of Interview

    12-12-1999

    Interviewees

    Haggins, Barksdale W., 1932-; Haggins, Irving, 1934-

    Accessibility Note

    Content is digitally accessible 2008.

    Interviewer

    Lucas, Lucy Anne; Davis, Trina

    Description

    Part of a series of interviews conducted as part of a Carver-VCU Partnership project documenting the history of the Carver neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. In this interview, brothers Barksdale W. Haggins and Irving Haggins reminisce about their early years growing up in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Va. The Haggins brothers discuss their childhoods in Carver; including recollections of friends, neighbors, schools and events. They also reflect on changes to the neighborhood and the city of Richmond and the effects of segregation and integration.

    Subject

    Haggins, Barksdale W., 1932- -- Interviews; Haggins, Barksdale W., 1932- -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes; Haggins, Irving, 1934- -- Interviews; Haggins, Irving, 1934- -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes; Segregation -- Virginia -- Richmond; African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions.

    City/Location

    Richmond (Va.)

    Genre

    oral histories (literary genre)

    Local Genre

    oral history; sound recording; text

    Type

    Sound; Text

    Digital Format

    audio/mp3

    Language

    eng

    Rights

    This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

    Collection

    Carver-VCU Partnership Oral History Collection; Carver Living Newspaper Project

    Contributors

    Carver-VCU Partnership

    Source

    Carver Neighborhood - VCU Partnership Archives, RG 59-1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

    File Name

    car_hagginsbarksdale_hagginsirving_interview.mp3

    Disciplines

    African American Studies | Oral History | United States History

    Barksdale W. Haggins and Irving Haggins interview (1999-12-12)

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