Interview with Ruby Rouse Thompson

Authors

Rudy Rouse Thompson
Anne Smetak
Maggie Ahearn

Files

Description

Rudy Rouse Thompson, an African American woman living in Mount Vernon, OH, discusses the old and new black community, growing up in a primarily white town, the careers open to black women at her age, and raising her son by herslef. She talks about the church as a central point for the black community and her mother's embaressment at being identified as black.

Publication Date

11-12-1998

Keywords

Femenism, Discrimination, Single Parenting, Baptists, African-American

Recommended Citation

Thompson, Rudy Rouse; Smetak, Anne; and Ahearn, Maggie, "Interview with Ruby Rouse Thompson" (1998). Interviews. 39.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/lt_interviews/39