Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair: Interview #2

Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair: Interview #2

Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; Tennessee--Hancock County--Sulphur Hollow; Tennessee--Claiborne County--Hoop Creek; Kentucky--Bell County--Middlesborough; HBCU--Morristown College; HBCU--Knoxville College; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute

Interview with Hancock County native, Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair about her experiences growing up on the border of Hancock & Claiborne Counties. She details the life and work of her father, Lawrence Parkey, in the community and the development of educational facilities in Sulphur Hollow. Interview was conducted at the "Great Golden Gathering" reunion in Sevierville, Tennessee. The Great Golden Gathering is a reunion of Black schools that were once in Northeast Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia during segregation.

Black in Appalachia

Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair

Black in Appalachia

2012

William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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