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Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
Title
Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
Description
Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s)
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created
2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s)
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s)
African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects
North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location
ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item
National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local)
23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier
islandora:359656
Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
Title
Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
Description
Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s)
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created
2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s)
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s)
African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects
North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location
ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item
National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local)
23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_2
(PID) Persistent Identifier
islandora:359657