Interview with John Summerous

Interview with John Summerous

African American families

African American farmers

African Americans

African Americans -- Religion

African Americans -- Social life and customs

Agriculture

Autobiography

Depressions -- 1929

Farm life

North Carolina, Western -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Summerous, John, 1900-1999 -- Childhood and youth

Summerous, John, 1900-1999 -- Interviews

John Summerous is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 20, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1900 in Georgia, Summerous’ parents died when he was about 13 and he and his siblings were taken in by different families. He talks about jobs he had from a young age up until the age of 84 when he retired. He and his wife Katherine (1912-1998) recall the Depression, using ration stamps, and games they played growing up. He talks about changes he has seen in the way neighbors treat one another over time and also the differences between Georgia and Cherokee County. He recalls one memorable Christmas.

Summerous, John, 1900-1999

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1900s (Decade); 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;

1986-08-12

Crittenden, Lorraine

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application/pdf; audio/mp3;

sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

eng

Sound

Text

36195

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2018-09-28

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

Southern States

Georgia

1:02:24 (sound recordings)(duration)

26 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina