OH 1598 | Oral History

OH 1598

For 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

About this Oral History

Physical Description 26 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) DeAnn Rose
Date of Interview December 1, 2006

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