Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Bessie Grayson Recollections
Collection
Identifier: 0032
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Bessie Grayson's reminiscences concerning African-American life in rural South Alabama during the 1930s to 1950s. Includes stories of picking and ginning cotton, canning, making syrup and molasses, quilting, school, and religious life, as well as segregation prior to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
Dates:
1930 - 1960