Hill Cassette 1 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Hill, Dr. Harold E.
Title
Hill Cassette 1 Side 1
Source
Dr. Harold E. Hill Interview
Date
1989-12-12
Description
Cassette 1
Side 1
00:40--Mr. Hill can remember his paternal grandmother who lived to be 104 years old, and an older aunt who helped raise his mother. They never really talked about their childhoods.
2:47--His parents were well-educated people. His mother was one of the first graduates of Allen University in Charleston, SC. He believes that she graduated sometime in the late 1890's. His father was an educator.
5:00--Mr. Hill's wife was from near Augusta, Ga. Her father was also a farmer and teacher who never had do take part in the sharecropping system.
6:10--Mr. Hill had one brother and four sisters. They are all alive at the time of this interview.
7:00--Dr. Hill recalls the common employment opportunities available to blacks in the old days. There were very few, however, it seems that there was a larger concentration of opportunities available in regards to teaching, doctors (pharmacy, medical, dentistry), and ministers. Professional black women were almost exclusively teachers. There were black-owned business that he was aware of in certain towns and areas. He grew up in Charleston, SC, and knew of quite a few blacks that had their own businesses.
10:55--Though his parents were well educated, that didn't mean that they earned a high income. They did what they could in order to provide for the family.
11:40--Mr. Hill recalls local black doctors such as doctor's Sharp, Battle, Martin, and Thomas. He discusses the general charges for their services.
17:40--Hill makes comment on the attraction of Seneca Junior College, the way in which blacks in those days strove to receive a good education, and prominent founders of Seneca Junior College such as Dr. Stark.
20:34--Mr. Hill attempts to explain why Seneca became a center for black learning and progress, as it related to the movement of blacks into Oconee County from more intolerant areas such as Anderson and Pickens.
24:40--Mr. Hill speaks of local blacks who attained prominent status through education, such as individuals who were involved with North Carolina A&T, and Tuskegee, as well as blacks who have been involved in the medical field. His own daughter at the time of this interview was Dean of Admissions at the Medical School at the University of California. He briefly discusses his education and tuition costs, and the importance of young blacks emulating successful, educated professionals of their own race.
31:33--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:40--Mr. Hill can remember his paternal grandmother who lived to be 104 years old, and an older aunt who helped raise his mother. They never really talked about their childhoods.
2:47--His parents were well-educated people. His mother was one of the first graduates of Allen University in Charleston, SC. He believes that she graduated sometime in the late 1890's. His father was an educator.
5:00--Mr. Hill's wife was from near Augusta, Ga. Her father was also a farmer and teacher who never had do take part in the sharecropping system.
6:10--Mr. Hill had one brother and four sisters. They are all alive at the time of this interview.
7:00--Dr. Hill recalls the common employment opportunities available to blacks in the old days. There were very few, however, it seems that there was a larger concentration of opportunities available in regards to teaching, doctors (pharmacy, medical, dentistry), and ministers. Professional black women were almost exclusively teachers. There were black-owned business that he was aware of in certain towns and areas. He grew up in Charleston, SC, and knew of quite a few blacks that had their own businesses.
10:55--Though his parents were well educated, that didn't mean that they earned a high income. They did what they could in order to provide for the family.
11:40--Mr. Hill recalls local black doctors such as doctor's Sharp, Battle, Martin, and Thomas. He discusses the general charges for their services.
17:40--Hill makes comment on the attraction of Seneca Junior College, the way in which blacks in those days strove to receive a good education, and prominent founders of Seneca Junior College such as Dr. Stark.
20:34--Mr. Hill attempts to explain why Seneca became a center for black learning and progress, as it related to the movement of blacks into Oconee County from more intolerant areas such as Anderson and Pickens.
24:40--Mr. Hill speaks of local blacks who attained prominent status through education, such as individuals who were involved with North Carolina A&T, and Tuskegee, as well as blacks who have been involved in the medical field. His own daughter at the time of this interview was Dean of Admissions at the Medical School at the University of California. He briefly discusses his education and tuition costs, and the importance of young blacks emulating successful, educated professionals of their own race.
31:33--Audio ends.
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