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Interview with Carl J. Knighton - OH 673
Carl J. Knighton and Emmett Scott High School
OH 672
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Carl J. Knighton for Dr. Garrison’s project on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill South Carolina schools. Mr. Knighton attended Emmett Scott from first grade until eleventh grade. In this interview Mr. Knighton discusses his time and recollections of Emmett Scott High School as well as his military service and his experiences and recollections of the local black community of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Interview with George C. Land and Samuel Foster - OH 694
George C. Land, Samuel Foster, and Emmett Scott High School
OH 694
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with George C. Land and Samuel Foster for his History of Emmett Scott High School project. Both Mr. Land and Mr. Foster are former principals of the school. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill South Carolina schools. Mr. George land was principal from 1967-1968. Mr. Samuel Foster was principal from 1968-1970 when the school closed. Both Mr. Land and Mr. Foster discuss their experiences before and after serving as principal of Emmett Scott as well as the in the local community. Mr. Foster discusses some of his time with the South Carolina State General Assembly.
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Interview with Henrietta Massey - OH 700
Henrietta Massey and Emmett Scott High School
OH 700
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Henrietta Massey for Dr. Garrison’s project on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, SC schools. Henrietta was a school teacher at Emmett Scott and she discusses her experiences and recollections while working at Emmett Scott.
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Interview with Jacquelyn McGirt - OH 707
Jacquelyn McGirt and Emmett Scott High School
OH 707
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Jacquelyn McGirt for Dr. Garrison’s project on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, South Carolina schools. Ms. McGirt is the daughter of Ralph McGirt, who was the principal of Emmett Scott from 1938 until he passed away in 1959. In this interview, Ms. McGirt discusses her father, her experiences and recollections of Emmett Scott High School and the impact it had in the black community of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Interview with James Mickens - OH 681
James Mickens and Emmett Scott High School
OH 681
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with James Mickens with a focus on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, SC schools. Mr. Mickens was a relative of Mr. L. B. Moore, Sr. who the second principal of Emmett Scott High School from 1924 through 1938.
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Interview with Eliza Walker Mills - OH 671
Eliza Walker Mills, Emmett Scott High School, and Civil Rights
OH 671
This interview, featuring Eliza Walker Mills (1928-2018), was conducted by Dr. George Garrison, an Emmett Scott High School alumnus (1965) and scholar of African American studies. Mills, a 1945 graduate of Emmett Scott, was a longtime educator, Civil Rights activist, and former member of the Rock Hill Council on Human Relations. She earned Education degrees from Johnson C. Smith and New York University (M.Ed.). In the 1960s, Mills was one of the first African Americans educators to teach in select all-White schools in preparation for the desegregation of S.C. public schools; integration is a main talking point. During the interview, Mills recalls growing up in rural Catawba, South Carolina and her experience as an African American in York County, South Carolina. She also recounts her experience as both a pupil and teacher at Emmett Scott High School (1920-1970), Rock Hill’s all-Black high school named after the prominent Black educator and close aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson, Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957). Mills reminisces on Emmett Scott faculty, alumni, and organizations like the band. In addition, she recalls her time at Friendship Junior College and as an instructor for Gullah-Geechee students in Beaufort, South Carolina. Class reunions and efforts to memorialize the grounds of Emmett Scott are also discussed throughout.
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Interview with Dr. Lemuel Moore, III - OH 670
Lemuel Moore III, Emmett Scott High School, and Civil Rights
OH 670
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Dr. Lemuel Moore, III. Dr. Moore was a teacher at Emmett Scott High School. In this interview, Dr. Moore discusses his experiences working at Emmett Scott High School, as well as the Civil Rights Movement in Rock Hill, SC.
*Note: The audio for Dr. Moore is very low and difficult to hear. Also it appears that there was a second part to the interview that was not successfully recorded.
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Interview with Bobby Plair - OH 678
Bobby Plair and Emmett Scott High School
OH 678
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Bobby Plair with a focus on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school was opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, SC schools. Bobby Plair is a member of the Emmett Scott High School class of 1945, however he did not graduate from the school. He instead finished his schooling at Friendship College, later attending North Carolina A & T. He was drafted and served in the United States Marines in a segregated unit with white officers during World War II and guarded Japanese prisoners.
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Interview with Bobby Plair - OH 684
Bobby Plair and Emmett Scott High School
OH 684
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Robert Robinson with a focus on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, SC schools. Bobby Plair is a member of the Emmett Scott High School class of 1945, however he did not graduate from the school. He instead finished his schooling at Friendship College, later attending North Carolina A & T. He was drafted and served in the United States Marines in a segregated unit with white officers during World War II and guarded Japanese prisoners.
*This interview is a follow-up to an earlier interview conducted on May 21, 2003 (OH-678).
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Interview with Edna Hall Ramseur - OH 701
Edna Hall Ramseur and Emmett Scott High School
OH 701
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Edna Hall Ramseur for Dr. Garrison’s project on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, SC schools. Edna Hall Ramseur was born in Orangeburg County, SC and attended schools in Swansee and Columbia, SC. She attended college at Benedict College and after graduating, she taught at Emmett Scott High School from 1957-1967. After leaving Emmett Scott, she taught at Rock Hill High School for two years before she taught in Virginia for several years. She returned to Rock Hill, SC and taught at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill for the first couple of years when it opened before returning to Rock Hill High School where she taught until retiring in 1989. In this interview, she discusses her experiences teaching with a focus on her time at Emmett Scott.
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Interview with John Ramseur - OH 699
John Ramseur and Emmett Scott High School
OH 699
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with John Ramseur for the Emmett Scott High School history project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated school for African Americans in the Rock Hill South Carolina School District. It was named for Emmett Scott, a former aid to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school was opened in 1920 and closed in 1970. Mr. Ramseur attended Emmett Scott during the 1940s. He discusses his experience as a child attending Emmett Scott from first grade through twelfth grade. He details the teachers and other faculty of Emmett Scott. Mr. Ramseur also discusses his familial connection with Emmet Scott and the surrounding area, including his uncle, one of the Founding Fathers of Emmett Scott, Tim Broomfield.
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Interview with Robert Robinson - OH 683
Robert Robinson and Emmett Scott High School
OH 683
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Robert Robinson with a focus on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was named after Emmett Scott, a former aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school opened in 1920 and was closed in 1970 when full integration was implemented in Rock Hill, SC schools.
*Audio for Interviewee is very low.
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Interview with Raymond Roeske
Raymond Roeske
VHP 026
In his November 25, 2003 interview with Ray Nielson, Raymond Roeske details his training in the Army Air Corps and his missions overseas during WWII. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Alicia Faye Smith - OH 695
Alicia Faye Smith and Emmett Scott High School
OH 695
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Alicia Faye Smith for the Emmett Scott History Project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated African American high school in Rock Hill South Carolina which was named for Emmett Scott who was an aide to Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. Emmett Scott High School opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 when integration was implemented in Rock Hill School District. Mrs. Smith attended Emmett Scott from 1969 to 1970 and then was transferred to Rock Hill High school after integration. Mrs. Smith discusses her education and experiences during this time. She details how she feels both segregation and integration impacted her education. She discusses the tension and conflict that arose during the process as well as the student walkouts that occurred. Mrs. Smith discusses the ‘Rattlercats’ which is how the students that were transferred from Emmett Scott referred to themselves.
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Interview with Larry Timbs Sr.
Lawrence C. Timbs
VHP 015
In his November 27, 2003 interview with Larry Timbs Jr., Larry Timbs Sr. recollects his career in the army during WWII and the Korean War. Timbs explains why he entered the service, his relationship with civilians while overseas, and comments on the Iraq War. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with William D. Wolfe
William D. Wolfe
VHP 022
In his October 20, 2003 interview with Alan Garmendia, William D. Wolfe recollects about his time in the Navy during WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam. Wolfe shares the details of his work in the Navy on an experimental destroyer testing new sonar. The interview concludes with reminiscences of the South Pacific and pastimes of soldiers. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Robert Buchanan
Robert Buchanan
OH 150
IN PROCESSING
This recording includes the history of the Kellswater Reformed Presbyterian Church and its congregation of Covenanters over the past 300 years. The history is given by its compiler Robert Buchanan at a special service ca. 1979.
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Interview with Hans Morgenthau
Hans J. Morgenthau
OH 058
IN PROCESSING
Lecture on 20th century foreign policy before an unidentified group that was transferred from the Williford Papers.
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Interview with Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin
OH 229
In his interview with Ron Chepesiuk, Jerry Rubin discussed his time as a ‘60s radical and how those experiences aided in his career. Rubin covered topic of multilevel marketing, entrepreneurship, networking, Yuppies, protests, self-reliance, and journalism. He also discussed other activists such as Abbie Hoffman, Paul Krassner, and Anita Hoffman, along with CIA conspiracies, Hippies and Diggers, Groucho Marx, and the counterculture. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Jane H. Adams - OH 241
Jane H. Adams
OH 241
In her 1996 interview with Ron Chepesiuk, Jane Adams described her time as a 1960s radical. She covered various topics, including bohemians, socialism, beatniks, civil rights, women’s liberation and consciousness, the Vietnam War, counterculture, and World War II. Adams also discussed the Student Peace Union, SNCC and its factions, Progressive Labor, prairie populism, feminism, the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, and other ‘60s activists. Adams also briefly discussed her current work with the indigenous people of Latin America and her work as a professor. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
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Interview with Jean Cauthen
Jean Cauthen
OH 226
IN PROCESSING
Ms. Cauthen discusses student life at Winthrop from 1930-1931 and 1941-1944. Topics include town girls, rules and regulations, being married as a student, Dr. Kinard’s influence, the infirmary, the farm and the shack, study habits, dorms, the training school, the library, swimming and the Blue Line.
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Interview with Allen David Edwards - OH 224
Allen David Edwards
OH 224
This is an interview with Dr. Allen David Edwards (1905-2004) who taught at Winthrop College from 1944 to 1971. Mr. Edwards talks about Winthrop College and the combined Sociology and Social Work Department and how these have changed and developed over the time that he worked there and after he left. As he discusses Winthrop policy changes, he talks about the changes in uniforms, the shift to being a co-ed college, and the change from a single college with many departments to Winthrop having multiple colleges each with multiple departments under them. He then talks about the connections that were forged between Winthrop and York County while he was there. Mr. Edwards also mentions Winthrop’s presidents and faculty members that were fired while Mr. Edwards was at Winthrop. He ends with what he went on to do after leaving Winthrop College.