Interview with Virginia Joyce Freeman Howard
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- Title:
- Interview with Virginia Joyce Freeman Howard
- Date:
- 2017
- Interviewer:
- Historic Charleston Foundation
- Interviewee:
- Howard, Virginia Joyce Freeman
- Description:
- Interview by April Wood of Joyce Howard, a woman who grew up in the North Central neighborhood of Charleston. The interview focuses on Ms. Howard's experiences growing up in the neighborhood, what her childhood house and neighborhood were like (and how it has changed), where she was allowed to shop and go to as a young woman. She talks about having been recruited for college, her experiences during the Civil Rights era in Charleston and in Alabama where she went to college, and also voting and registering to vote, including how people had to pass a literacy test. She recalls times when Black entertainers who come to perform in Charleston and where they'd be able to stay, and going to Atlantic Beach (near Myrtle Beach) because Charleston area beaches were segregated. (She mentions Mosquito Beach but not as a "water beach" but one with clubs and houses.) She also reflects on the shootings at Emanuel A.M.E. Church and the impact the City on the nation impressed by the local response and as an impetus for many people to move here. Ms. Howard is a long-term member and leader of New Israel Reformed Episcopal Church. Grants from both the South Carolina Humanities Commission and the Employees Community Fund of Boeing allowed HCF to proceed with this initiative and several oral history interviews have been conducted that focus on specific neighborhoods and the changes these residents have experienced over time.
- Collection Title:
- Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Historic Charleston Foundation
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Series:
- Changing Neighborhoods
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Howard, Virginia Joyce Freeman--Interviews
- Topical Subject:
- Neighborhoods--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston--Social life and customs
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs, Charleston (S.C.)--History--20th century
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 2017.002.019
- Date Digital:
- 2017-10-02
- Digitization Specifications:
- MP3 derivative audio created with Adobe Premiere Elements; Archival Master in Universal Disk format.
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © Historic Charleston Foundation
- Access Statement:
- All Rights Reserved.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact Archivist; Historic Charleston Foundation; P.O. Box 1120; Charleston, SC 29402.
- Admin ID:
- 246466
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