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Interviewee
Quarles, William, Jr.
Interviewer
Miller, Alyce P.
Publication Date
3-28-2014
Date
2014-03-28
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, William Quarles discusses his family background and childhood in communities in Goochland County and Louisa County, Virginia. He describes attending schools in both Goochland and Louisa counties; along with reminiscences of memorable teachers, favorite subjects, and recreational activities. William Quarles compares his experiences of attending integrated and non-integrated schools, and discusses memories of civil rights activities at that time and the value placed on education by African American communities. He also talks about options for higher education available to African Americans at that time; his education at Virginia Union University; and his subsequent career in education and nuclear power.
Note
No transcript or tape log available.
Personal Name Subject
Quarles, William, Jr. -- Interviews; Quarles, William, Jr. -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Corporate Name Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Topical Subject
African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American schools -- Virginia -- Louisa County; School integration -- Virginia -- Louisa County; School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Louisa County; Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County; Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Louisa County; African American students -- Recreation -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American students -- Recreation -- Virginia -- Louisa County
Geographic Subject
Louisa County (Va.) -- Race relations; 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: William Quarles, Jr. interview (2014-03-28), 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_quarleswilliam_interview.mp4
Disciplines
African American Studies | American Studies | Oral History | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History | Women's History