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Date of Interview
12-12-1999
Interviewees
Haggins, Barksdale W., 1932-; Haggins, Irving, 1934-
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 Statement URL
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