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Interviewee
Smith, Gail P.
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, Gail Smith discusses her childhood and the community in Goochland County, Virginia, in the 1950s; her grandmother's position in the community as a local business owner; and her careers in New York City and Richmond. She recounts memories of attending Second Union School, Central Elementary School and Central High School; describing the curriculum, the principals and teachers, and some of the recreational activities offered at those schools, such as the May Day program. Gail Smith comments on Second Union School's use by the local church after area schools integrated. She also discusses her perception of race relations and desegregation in the Goochland area.
Personal Name Subject
Smith, Gail P. -- Interviews; Smith, Gail P. -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Corporate Name Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Topical Subject
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County; School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African Americans -- Education -- 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: Gail Smith 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_smithgail_interview.mp4
Disciplines
African American Studies | American Studies | Oral History | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History | Women's History