Reid Cassette 2 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Reid, Anna
Title
Reid Cassette 2 Side 1
Source
Anna Reid Interview
Date
1991-07-30, 1991-08-22
Description
Cassette 2
Side 1
00:00--Mrs. Reid describes picking cotton after school and accompanying her father to the local cotton gin. She acknowledges that the film Places of the Heart gives a fair representation of cotton agriculture. Her father grew his own tobacco and owned his own syrup mill, neither of which he had to share with the landlord. She explains that most clothes in the household were handmade; the cloth was purchased from a Jewish storeowner in Westminster. Mrs. Reid goes on to describe the house that she grew up in; noting that rocking chairs, irons, milk churns, pots, and quilts have been passed down to her.
10:33--Mrs. Reid was born at home with the help of a midwife named Louis Earle (Aunt Lou). She describes many of the responsibilities that midwives undertook during births. She goes on to name her siblings and their migration to the north for employment opportunities. Her siblings are: William, J.T., H.L. (Henry), Roy, Robert, Janelle, and Brooks. Three cousins also lived for a time with the family: Virginia, George, and Leonard, Jr.
20:28--Mrs. Reid recalls that her family worked for a young landlord named Jule Merritt. She goes on to explain how cotton was weighed before it was taken to the market, which in this case was located in Westminster, SC. Educational issues begin to be discussed; the normal length of each day and lunch periods are recalled. A few of her teachers' last names were: Childress, Sizemore, and Floyd. Reverend and Mrs. Morton were also educators. On the way to and from school, whites would often attempt to force blacks off the sidewalk, which led to conflict. The school district had to stagger the times in which the two groups got out of school in order that problems might be avoided. Mrs. Reid learned black history in school, and greatly admired Mary McCloud Bethune.
30:48--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:00--Mrs. Reid describes picking cotton after school and accompanying her father to the local cotton gin. She acknowledges that the film Places of the Heart gives a fair representation of cotton agriculture. Her father grew his own tobacco and owned his own syrup mill, neither of which he had to share with the landlord. She explains that most clothes in the household were handmade; the cloth was purchased from a Jewish storeowner in Westminster. Mrs. Reid goes on to describe the house that she grew up in; noting that rocking chairs, irons, milk churns, pots, and quilts have been passed down to her.
10:33--Mrs. Reid was born at home with the help of a midwife named Louis Earle (Aunt Lou). She describes many of the responsibilities that midwives undertook during births. She goes on to name her siblings and their migration to the north for employment opportunities. Her siblings are: William, J.T., H.L. (Henry), Roy, Robert, Janelle, and Brooks. Three cousins also lived for a time with the family: Virginia, George, and Leonard, Jr.
20:28--Mrs. Reid recalls that her family worked for a young landlord named Jule Merritt. She goes on to explain how cotton was weighed before it was taken to the market, which in this case was located in Westminster, SC. Educational issues begin to be discussed; the normal length of each day and lunch periods are recalled. A few of her teachers' last names were: Childress, Sizemore, and Floyd. Reverend and Mrs. Morton were also educators. On the way to and from school, whites would often attempt to force blacks off the sidewalk, which led to conflict. The school district had to stagger the times in which the two groups got out of school in order that problems might be avoided. Mrs. Reid learned black history in school, and greatly admired Mary McCloud Bethune.
30:48--Audio ends.
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