Gail Smith interview (2014-03-28)

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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

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

Gail Smith interview (2014-03-28)

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