Somebody Had To Do It Collection: Interview with Emma Harvin

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Title:

Somebody Had To Do It Collection: Interview with Emma Harvin

Date:

2009

Description:

In this interview, Emma Harvin details her experience being among the group of students to mass integrate Edmunds High School (currently Sumter High School) of Sumter, SC in 1971. The interview was completed in conjunction with the Somebody Had To Do It project which is designed as a multi-disciplinary study to identify, locate, interview and acknowledge African American "first children" who desegregated America's schools.

Collection Title:

Somebody Had To Do It

Contributing Institution:

Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Edmunds High School (Sumter, S.C.)--History
Edmunds High School (Sumter, S.C.)

Topical Subject:

School Integration--Southern States, School integration--United States, and African Americans--South Carolina--Sumter--Social conditions--20th century

Geographic Subject:

Sumter (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Sumter County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

AMN 1139

Date Digital:

2009-10-15

Digitization Specifications:

375.3 MB, Digital Recorder, Archival Master in MPEG-4 file (.m4v)

Internet Media Type:

video/mp4

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Access Statement:

All Rights Reserved.

Access Information:

For more information and reuse requirements contact Archivist, Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

223537