Interview with Cassandra Roper
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- Title:
- Interview with Cassandra Roper
- Date:
- 2019
- Interviewer:
- Allen, Michael A.
- Interviewee:
- Roper, Cassandra S.
- Description:
- Cassandra Roper was born on Sol Legare in 1945, the daughter of Laura Wilder and step-daughter of Apple Wilder. In this interview, Ms. Roper recounts how, as a child, she and her cousins came to Mosquito Beach on Sundays after church and chores. She describes the boardwalk, the pavilion and the hotel, all run by her mother and stepfather. Like many people from the area, Ms. Roper went to live in New York City, returning to the realities of Jim Crow segregation at school and other places when she was about 13 years old. Ms. Roper recounts that Folly Beach was off-limits to African Americans except for work. She remembers the large crowds at Mosquito Beach and how it was an oasis from daily realities and how it functioned as a place for music and as a dating scene.
- Collection Title:
- Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Historic Charleston Foundation
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Series:
- Mosquito Beach
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Roper, Cassandra S.--Interviews
- Topical Subject:
- Historic sites--South Carolina--Charleston, Segregation--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--Recreation--South Carolina--Charleston, Discrimination in public accommodations--South Carolina--Charleston
- Geographic Subject:
- Mosquito Beach (S.C.)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Digital:
- 14/02/2019
- Digitization Specifications:
- MP4 derivative video created with Adobe Premiere Elements;Archival Master in Universal Disk format.
- Format:
- video/mp4
- 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:
- 250143
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