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2009. Conducted by Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture. The American Folk Life Center at the library of congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. My parents were walter b. Ghaiaither and fannie b. Little gaither. Gray fall was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina. And my mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they of course moved permanent ly to great falls. An...

My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market. He lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. And my grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages in music. I dont know what my grandmother taught. But they moved from virginia to philadelphia. And that started the family, split the family because my grandparents couldnt get a job. They said they didnt hire black teachers in philly. They had black children going to integrated schools, but no black teachers. So my grandparent took in washing and my grandfather refused to do that type of work. And the fam...

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