W.J. Usery Jr., oral history collection [sound recording] 1987, Feb. 25 [tape 02].

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W.J. Usery Jr., oral history collection [sound recording] 1987, Feb. 25 [tape 02].

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Usery describes visits to familial sites, cemetery cleaning, and the living arrangements of his parents as both worked at the state hospital in Milledgeville, Ga. The circumstances of deaths in the Williamson family, hardships encountered by Usery's parents and his learning from them are discussed. The state employment system of dependence on gubernatorial elections and that political effect on community experiences, plus early thoughts concerning segregation and racial issues. His mother's hobbies and working outside the home are detailed.

1 sound cassette.Transcript (33 p.)

Georgia State University

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