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Interviewee
Haden, Joseph
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, Rev. Joseph Haden describes his family background and his childhood growing up on a farm in Goochland County, Virginia. He discusses his memories of attending Second Union School and Central High School; and talks about the teachers and individuals that have influenced his life and career, including his aunt, Berta Haden Jackson, and Fannie Beale, the principal at Second Union School. He recalls his experiences at Virginia Union University and the University of Virginia, and describes his careers as a pastor, educator, and magazine editor and publisher. Joseph Haden also discusses his perceptions of race relations growing up in Goochland County and his work as an advisory specialist for the Goochland County school system following school integration.
Personal Name Subject
Haden, Joseph -- Interviews; Haden, Joseph -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
Corporate Name Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Topical Subject
African American schools -- Virginia -- Goochland County; School integration -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American clergy -- Virginia -- Interviews; African American teachers -- Virginia -- Interviews; African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County; Community activists -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County; African American schools -- Curricula -- 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: Joseph Haden 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_hadenjoseph_interview.mp4
Disciplines
African American Studies | American Studies | Oral History | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History | Women's History