- Collection:
- Saving the Voices from Augusta's Past: Fulcher Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mrs. Willie H. Benefield, 1997 May 16
- Creator:
- Benefield, Willie Henry, 1926-2010
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fulcher, Eugenia M.
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1955
- Subject:
- African American women teachers--Georgia--Burke County
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Burke County
African American schools--Georgia--Burke County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Oral history interview with Mrs. Willie Henry Benefield conducted by Eugenia M. Fulcher in Midville, Georgia on May 16, 1997.
Benefield discusses the Jeanes supervisors and the rural one- and two-room African American schools in Burke County Georgia, between 1930 and 1955. The Jeanes Supervisors were a group of African American teachers who worked in southern rural schools and communities in the United States between 1908 and 1968.
African American teacher, a native of Wilmington, N.C. (1926-2010) She taught in the Burke County School System from 1948-1983. She was also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Order of Eastern Stars, Golden Circle, Retired Teachers Association, Georgia Association of Educators and Fayetteville State Alumni. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://augustauniversity.box.com/s/kqqs404m9trhoexcfv4wmff897942w34
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Materials posted here are for personal research and study only in accordance with Fair Use Doctrine. For any other use of the material, please contact the Reese Library Special Collections to discuss permission to publish.
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta University, Reese Library
- Rights:
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