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OH 1593

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeGREEN, Mae (b. 1932)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1593
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. African American resident of Cisco, Texas. Memories of childhood in Robertson County, Texas, farming family; experience in one-room, all-black schoolhouse and E.A. Kemp High School; marriage to Roland Green and decision to move to Abilene, Texas; separation from Roland Green and decision to move with three young children to Cisco; work as a maid, factory worker, and nurse’s aide; children’s experiences in desegregating schools relationships with black and white communities in Cisco; decision to press a racial discrimination case against Eastland Healthcare; life in retirement.
Interviewer(s)DeAnn Rose
Physical Description45 pp.
Terms of UseOpen