Interviewer
Dr. George Garrison
Files
Abstract
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Mrs. Henrietta Massey for his History of Emmett Scott High School project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated school for African Americans in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was named for Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. Emmett Scott High School was opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 with the integration of the Rock Hill School District. Mrs. Massey was a teacher at Emmett Scott High School during the 1960s and then was moved along with the students to Rock Hill High School following integration of the school district. Mrs. Massey was born in Laurens, SC and worked in Abbeville, SC under the principal Lemuel B. Moore Jr., the son of Lemuel B. Moore who was the second principal at Emmett Scott. She discusses her experience as a teacher in the Rock Hill School District both in the segregated system and the integrated system. Mrs. Massey also discusses her personal experiences in the Rock Hill black community during the Civil Rights Movement and the student sit-ins that occurred in 1971. She details the impact of the faculty as individuals as well as Emmett Scott as a whole on the community.
Publication Date
6-9-2003
Unique Identifier
OH 700
Format
MP3;
Length
02:21:43
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Massey, Henrietta and Emmett Scott High School, "Interview with Henrietta Massey - OH 700" (2003). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 700.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/586
