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OH 1598

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeROSE, Pam (b. 1955)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1598
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Cisco and Eastland, Texas. Memories of education in Cisco’s all-black, one-room Smithville Elementary School that included grades 1-6; negative experiences in newly desegregated schools; perceptions of different treatment accorded to young black men and young black women by whites; decision to attend Texas Woman’s University and earn degree in nursing; decision to return to Cisco; career as nurse in various hospitals throughout region; social life among African Americans in Eastland County
Interviewer(s)DeAnn Rose
Physical Description26 pp.
Terms of UseOpen