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OH 1396

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeMcQUIRTER, Ardath Sue Hutchins (b. 1944)
ProfessionsHomemaker

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1396
Date(s) of interview -
DescriptionHomemaker. Her reminiscences about her African-American family in Jackson, Mississippi, and Gary, Indiana. Early youth in Jackson; African-American social and cultural life in Jackson; early experiences with segregation; her family’s emphasis on education; her father’s migration to Gary in search of work, 1945; her permanent move to Gary; family life in Gary; race relations in Gary; her summer visits back to Mississippi during the 1950s; her return to Mississippi with her mother in 1953; adjustments in moving back to the South; church activities; comments about various family members.
Interviewer(s)Marcus McQuirter
Physical Description145 pp.
Terms of UseOpen