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Interviewees
Fuller, Carolyn
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2015.
Interviewer
Morris, Caroline Chandler, 1980-
Additional Individuals Present
Johnson, Corliss Freda
Description
An interview conducted as part of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project documenting life in the Historic Fulton community in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. In this interview, Carolyn Fuller discusses growing up in the Historic Fulton neighborhood of Richmond, Va., in the 1940s and 1950s; Historic Fulton neighbors and businesses; family members; churches in the Historic Fulton community; attending Virginia Union University; student-led protests in the 1950s; her teaching career in Richmond before and after public school desegregation; expectations and reactions to the Historic Fulton renewal project; and what she sees for the future of Historic Fulton.
Personal Name Subject
Fuller, Carolyn -- Interviews; Fuller, Carolyn -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Topical Subject
Neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions; School integration -- Virginia -- Richmond; Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Richmond; Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Richmond; Civil rights demonstrations -- Virginia -- Richmond; African American women teachers -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Interviews
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Social conditions
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by The Valentine. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, non-commercial use of this material is permitted. For any commercial uses, permission is required.
Collection
Historic Fulton Oral History Project
Contributors
The Valentine; Neighborhood Resource Center (Richmond, Va.); Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Greater Fulton's Future (Project). Legacy Committee; James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives.
Source
Original oral history: An oral history interview with Carolyn Fuller, January 18, 2012, Historic Fulton Oral History Project, M 540, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
ful_fullercarolyn_interview.mp3
Disciplines
African American Studies | Social History | United States History