NHF_WC_2016_Hollis_Madelyn
2016 June 14
Madelyn Hollis gave us a unique perspective of the experience of African Americans during the war. Living in a segregated town in Virginia, her brother was drafted into an all-black unit. While she was keeping in contact with her brother overseas, Madelyn describes the racial tensions in her town and what life was like in the one room school house she taught in.
Digital
English
1h 10m 19s
Madelyn Hollis, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland
Interview was recorded by Emily Holt, Simon Belcher, Nicole Curtain, and Joseph Swit for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States