The room that the interview took place in was the living room of my grandmother’s house. Her name is Jean Sigler; she was dressed in one of her jump suits. She had her glasses on and some of her jewelry.
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Beyond Central
This category contains stories about the end of desegregation in schools across America.
It’s Hard for People to Change
He Wanted to get out of the Town and Never Come Back
Patrick J. Keogh, my dad, sat in the comfort of home as he retold his high school experience in a rural southern town. Patrick Keogh grew up in Marianna, Arkansas, near West Helena.
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Integration At Hall High
At the time of the interview Cathy Dupont was 61. she is a retired banker who is now working at the villa Italian restaurant as a manger. At the time of story being told she was 16, and in 10th grade Hall High school.
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Why Did It Happen To America
The time was on a Sunday Afternoon after church, and Gene Dodson was heading back to church for Easter Dinner.
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It’s Hard for People to Change
The room that the interview took place in was the living room of my grandmother’s house. Her name is Jean Sigler; she was dressed in one of her jump suits.
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Interview with Don Coulter
I guess I was about 24 or so...mid 20's. But during the actual events going on at Central High I was in the Navy and we were at sea in the pacific ocean. I was stationed on an aircraft carrier and we really had no means on communication with the country.
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Wounds From the Past
I always tried to make my children feel good about themselves no matter what someone else was doing or saying because if you have all this low self-esteem about yourself your like a magnet, your picking up bad attitudes and feelings.
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There Seemed to be a Quiet Tension
We were in Mrs. Mayes’s house on a fall afternoon. She had her windows opened so there was a slight breeze in the house. I was sitting across from her in her living room. Right before our interview she had begun to cook dinner and so there was still a tasty smell in the...
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It Really Did Not Matter What Color People Are
My grandma is 63 and went through the integration. When she went to Butler High School in Kentucky, she had to share a gym locker with two African-Americans. She said that she was not scared but felt uncomfortable.
When I interviewed my grandma on the phone, I could tell that she was having trouble remembering...
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A Rough Journey
Mrs. Williams- Sims was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 7, 1955. She currently is a microbiologist at the National Center for Toxicological Research. Mrs. Lillie Williams-Sims, my father’s colleague, was gracious enough to allow me to interview her personally, taking time off from her work in order to help preserve history, on...
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