McQUIRTER, Ardath Sue Hutchins (b. 1944) | Oral History

McQUIRTER, Ardath Sue Hutchins (b. 1944)

Profession: Homemaker

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Homemaker. 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.
Date of Interview: November 13, 2000 to November 14, 2000

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