Interview: Minnie S. Whitney, March 20, 1984

Interview: Minnie S. Whitney, March 20, 1984

African Americans--Segregation

African Americans--Social life and customs.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.

African Americans--Social conditions.

United States--Race relations.

African Americans--Conduct of life.

African Americans--Employment.

Discrimination in employment.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Race discrimination.

In two separate interviews conducted in March of 1984, Minnie Whitney (1902-1995) recalls her journey traveling from the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the city of Philadelphia. After spending 16 and a half years on the farm, working alongside her sharecropping parents, Whitney ran away from home in 1919 and traveled north on a train headed for Philadelphia.



In this second interview, Whitney shares her story of her time spent in domestic service working for a harsh and demanding woman. Whitney's strong work ethic and sense of determination influenced her decisions to move, and then remain, up north.

1984-03-20

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Charles Hardy

Minnie S. Whitney

African Americans--Southern States.

African American families

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

African Americans--Recreation

African Americans--Religion.

Slavery--United States.