Ross Cassette 1 Side 2
Media
Part of Interview: Ross, Mattie
Title
Ross Cassette 1 Side 2
Source
Mattie Ross Interview
Date
04-17
Description
Side 2
00:06--Differences between black and white schools are discussed. There was a serious gap in facilities. White children played basketball inside their gymnasiums, while blacks had to platy outside. In her opinion, many of the black schoolhouses themselves were "firetraps." She states that her father sold some of the land on which Riverside High School was built.
5:26--White/black relationships--Ross gives the impression that she always stood her ground on issues, and didn't take her parent's advice to "keep her mouth shut." There was not much racial strife in the area in which she grew up. She states that it really was a "unique place."
10:38--Marriage relationships were equal in her family.
11:15--She details the mixed racial makeup of her family. Her father had half-brothers that were mixed. His mother had several children with a prominent man form Pendleton. A couple of his half-siblings were close (Sally and Jules), while the others didn't keep in as much contact.
15:48--Mrs. Ross makes comment on the condition of roads when she was younger, details holidays and celebrations, and recalls travel by train to destinations like Cincinnati and Cleveland, OH.
21:15--Biographical information is given regarding some of her relatives. Her grandfather was Jack Washington. Her grandmother Aida had a brother nicknamed "Goob." He had two daughters: Mattie and Aida.
23:24--Mrs. Ross was born in the "Quarters" on Woodburn Plantation.
31:24--Audio ends.
00:06--Differences between black and white schools are discussed. There was a serious gap in facilities. White children played basketball inside their gymnasiums, while blacks had to platy outside. In her opinion, many of the black schoolhouses themselves were "firetraps." She states that her father sold some of the land on which Riverside High School was built.
5:26--White/black relationships--Ross gives the impression that she always stood her ground on issues, and didn't take her parent's advice to "keep her mouth shut." There was not much racial strife in the area in which she grew up. She states that it really was a "unique place."
10:38--Marriage relationships were equal in her family.
11:15--She details the mixed racial makeup of her family. Her father had half-brothers that were mixed. His mother had several children with a prominent man form Pendleton. A couple of his half-siblings were close (Sally and Jules), while the others didn't keep in as much contact.
15:48--Mrs. Ross makes comment on the condition of roads when she was younger, details holidays and celebrations, and recalls travel by train to destinations like Cincinnati and Cleveland, OH.
21:15--Biographical information is given regarding some of her relatives. Her grandfather was Jack Washington. Her grandmother Aida had a brother nicknamed "Goob." He had two daughters: Mattie and Aida.
23:24--Mrs. Ross was born in the "Quarters" on Woodburn Plantation.
31:24--Audio ends.
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