Interviewer
Dr. George Garrison
Files
Abstract
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Emily Richardson Ivory (1925-2008). Mrs. Ivory was a native of Charlotte, North Carolina and a longtime elementary school teacher in the Carolinas. After moving to California, Mrs. Ivory retired in 1991 from the Los Angeles Unified School District with 38 years of service. Mrs. Ivory was a member of numerous civic and social organizations and was the widow of Reverend Cecil Augustus Ivory (1921-1961), a prominent civil rights leader and minister at Hermon Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Mrs. Ivory discusses her and her husband’s upbringing and life before arriving to Rock Hill in 1948. She recalls Rev. Ivory’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, especially the Rock Hill bus boycott and sit-in movement. She also discusses Emmett Scott High School (1920-1970), Rock Hill’s segregated school for African Americans named after the prominent educator and close aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson, Emmett. J. Scott (1873-1957). Interviewer, Dr. Garrison, was childhood friends with Cecil A. Ivory, Jr. and both attended Emmett Scott. A Rosenwald school, Emmett Scott transitioned to a junior high and high school in 1956. In 1970, following the formal integration of S.C. public schools, the school closed its doors. Today it serves as a community center.
Publication Date
8-19-2003
Unique Identifier
OH 663
Format
MP3; WAV;
Length
01:22:31
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Ivory, Emily Richardson; Emmett Scott High School; Civil Rights; and Ivory, Cecil Augustus Sr., "Interview with Emily Richardson Ivory - OH 663" (2003). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 663.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/549
