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Interviewee
Miller, Raymond A.
Interviewer
Miller, Alyce P.
Publication Date
3-26-2014
Date
2014-03-26
Description
An interview conducted as part of the Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, documenting education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated. In this interview, Raymond Miller discusses his family background and childhood in the Hadensville area of Goochland County, Virginia. He recalls his mother’s decision to send him to Second Union School, and discusses his experiences attending Second Union School, Central Elementary School and Central High School, describing memorable principals, teachers, subjects and recreational activities offered. He recalls the emphasis on fundamentals, character building and life skills in his educational experience and describes his involvement with the New Farmers of America at school. Raymond Miller also talks about the NAACP scholarship he was awarded, which enabled him to attend Virginia Union University, where he received a degree in business administration. He and Alyce Miller discuss the administration and funding of the area Rosenwald schools, and Raymond Miller describes how individuals and groups in the community worked to address the needs of the students. He also discusses his experience facing discrimination in the workplace, his career in insurance, and his family.
Note
No transcript or tape log available.
Personal Name Subject
Miller, Raymond A. -- Interviews; Miller, Raymond A. -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Corporate Name Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; New Farmers of America
Topical Subject
African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American businesspeople -- Virginia -- Interviews; African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County; Community activists -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American students -- Recreation -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American schools -- Curricula -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Geographic Subject
Goochland County (Va.) -- Race relations
City/Location
Goochland County (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mp4
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by Brian J. Daugherity, Alyce Miller, and Christopher Silvent. 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
Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
Contributors
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972-; Silvent, Christopher
Source
Original oral history: Raymond Miller interview (2014-03-26), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
goo_millerraymond_interview.mp4
Disciplines
African American Studies | American Studies | Oral History | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History | Women's History