Lucy Simms oral history : background paper and transcripts / Wondwossen Getachew. 2000.

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Lucy Simms oral history : background paper and transcripts / Wondwossen Getachew. 2000.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46943081

Background paper includes a brief biography of Lucy Simms, African American educator, from Harrisonburg, Va. Sets of oral history transcripts include the recollections of Mrs. Carlotta Harris, Mr. Edgar Johnson and wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Johnson, Louise Winston, former students of Lucy Simms, and Mr. Elon Rhodes, current owner of the Lucy Simms house.

7 leaves ; 28 cm.

James Madison University Libraries

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Lucy Simms was born a slave in 1855 or 9 and died in 1934. After graduating from Hampton Institute in 1874, she came to Harrisonburg, Va. to teach African American children in the segregated schools. She taught in Rockingham schools, mostly in Harrisonburg, for 56 years. From the description of Lucy Simms oral history : background paper and transcripts / Wondwossen Getachew. 2000. (James Madison University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 46943081 ...

Johnson, Edgar, 1925-2003

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Walker, Ellen, 1951-

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