I interviewed my grandfather, Neville Ray Barnes, in a cabin near the Ouachita River. The family was there for a few days over winter break visiting and catching up on things.
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Beyond Schools
This category contains stories about the desegregation of public life in America.
Told Me I Couldn’t Say Yes Ma’am to Them; I Was Confused
A One-Inch Thick Stick
I interviewed Joe Smith, who is my step grandfather on my father's side. The interview took place on the phone. He was never a wealthy man. He grew up on a farm, in a part of the country, which at the time, was filled with poor colored folk.
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She Saw Everybody as One Color
It was about 7:30 at night on 2207 Singleton Cove. It was a nice night. This interview took place at my house. We were in my mom’s room and on her bed.
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Grandpa, The Fighter
I interviewed my grandfather. His name is Grady Moore. My grandfather is retired now, but he is a troop leader during his story. He was actually a leader of his cabin in the Korean War.
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Her Parents Taught Her About People Being Different But Equal
This interwiew was at Ms. Presley's house in her living room. The living room was a fairly casual space; there were two armchairs and a sofa in the room.
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Not Having Rights and Later on Gaining Them
The person I interviewed was my dad Andrew Brown. He told me a story that his dad told him along time ago when he was young.
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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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You Accept People As People, For Who They Are
I sat on the floor of your basic living room, facing an older, white-hair woman. She was born, raised, and still lives in Arkansas. During the desegregation of Little Rock Central High, she was twenty years old and had just recently moved to Little Rock to work down town. Here, this woman and I...
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Black People Were the Lowest Life on the Planet
After deciding to interview my granny, I had to call her over the phone since she stays in my home state, Missouri, and I now live in Arkansas. Alice Henry grew up in Bell City, Missouri, but as a child, she lived in Indianapolis for a short while. When Alice was a young adult,...
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The K.K.K are Deadly
When civil rights started happening, Ms. Williams was about 5 years old and older. She lived in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Williams was in elementary school in California. All her friends were black. Most African-American people didn’t like white people but Ms. Williams never had a problem accepting them.
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