Fulcher, Eugenia M.United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078Benefield, Willie Henry, 1926-20101930/1955Oral 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.audio/mpegapplication/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/African American women teachers--Georgia--Burke CountyAfrican Americans--Education--Georgia--Burke CountyAfrican American schools--Georgia--Burke CountyOral history interview with Mrs. Willie H. Benefield, 1997 May 16SoundText