Oral Histories

Students, Faculty, and Staff at Bruton Heights School
Photo courtesy: Albert W. Durant Collection, Visual Resources, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

These oral histories have been generously provided by members of the local Black community. The oral histories were collected and kindly made available for use by the James City County Historical Commission, The Williamsburg Documentary Project, the W&M Grassroots Theatre Project, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and The Village Initiative.

Note on Historiography
As you engage with the oral histories, consider these questions: Who determined which questions to ask? How might the race, gender, age, status or other characteristic of the interviewer affect the history that is told by the interviewee? Whose stories are represented and which perspectives might be missing? How do errors in transcription from oral accounts to written narratives impact our understanding of history? How is the information provided through oral histories influence by memory?

All Oral Histories | A-B | C-D | E-G | H-J | K-L | M-P | Q-R | S-T | U-Z

Mrs. Yvonne Tabb Alston

Mrs. Pat Alston
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Mr. Percy Anderson

Mrs. Mary Ashlock

Mrs. Edna Baker

Mr. Jesse Bell
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Mrs. Alleyne Blayton

Dr. J. Blaine Blayton

Dr. Tommy L. Bogger

Chief Bowman

Mr. Robert Braxton

Mr. George Brown

Mr. Adam Canaday

Mr. Devin Canaday

Mrs. Janice Canaday

Mr. Philip Canady

Mrs. Adrienne Hope Wynne Carter

Ms. Xavia Carter

Mr. Anthony Conyers, Jr.

Mr. Philip A. Cooke Jr.
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Mr. Phillip R. Cooke, Sr.

Mr. George Preston Crump

Mr. William S. Crump, Jr.

Mr. William Cumber
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Ms. Katherine Lee Curtis

Ms. Antonia Darnella
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Mrs. Cynthia Druitt
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Mr. Michael Druitt
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Rev. Ronald Ellis

Mrs. Myrtle Engs

Mrs. Doris Epps

Mrs. Fannie Epps

Mr. Frederick D. Epps, Jr.

Mr. Charlie Fields
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Mr. Abram Frink

Mr. Dennis Gardner

Mrs. Lydia Gardner

Ms. Madeline Gee

Mrs. Bessie Gerst

Mrs. Myrtle Gordon

Rev. Dr. Julie Grace

Mr. Robert Hall
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Mrs. Clara Harris
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Dr. Crystal Haskins
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Ms. Edith Heard

Mrs. Ethell Hill
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Mrs. Anna Hopkins
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Mrs. Sara Linda Howard

Mrs. Fredi Epps Jackson

Mr. Dale Jackson
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Mrs. Cassandra James
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Mrs. Christine James
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Mr. Kenneth Jimmison
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Mr. and Mrs. Al and Liz Johnson

Mr. Ray Johnson
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Mr. Samuel T. Jones
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Mrs. Tammie Jones
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Mr. Montgoussaint E. Jons

Mr. Samad Khabir
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Mrs. Redell King
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Mr. Carl Lassiter Jr.
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Mr. Carlon Lassiter
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Mr. Curtis Lassiter

Ms. Mary Lassiter

Mr. Alexander Lee

Mr. Harris Lee Sr.

Ms. Phyllis Lee
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Ms. Rosa Lee
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Mrs. Sylvia Tabb Lee
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Mr. Elwood Lewis

Ms. Thomasine Lewis

Mrs. Rita Lomax
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Mrs. Lucille Minkins
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Mrs. Kaye Pierce Molley

Rev. Junius H. Moody

Mr. Floyd Morning
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Mrs. Maria Tabb Norman
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Mr. J.C. Palmer Sr.

Mr. Samuel N. Parker
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Mrs. Verne H. Parker

Mr. Willie Parker

Ms. Elizabeth Parrilla

Mr. James H. Payne

Ms. Grace Radcliffe
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Mr. Knox Ratcliffe
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Mr. Harold Radcliffe
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Mrs. Doris Crump Rainey

Mrs. Chenere Pierce Ramsey
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Ms. Peggy Randall
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Mr. Raymond Redcross

Mr. Nathaniel H. Reid Jr.

Mrs. Alice Roache

Mr. Curtis Roberts

Mr. Troy Roots
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Mr. Lawrence Rowe

Mr. Marcellus Rowe

Mrs. Beulah Christian Scott

Ms. Sherita Lassiter Scott
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Rev. Thomas T. Shields

Mr. Joel Smith Sr.
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Mr. M.O. Smith
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Mrs. Ethelyn Springs

Rev. James B. Tabb

Lt. Col. V. Langford Tabb

Mrs. Everlean Thompson
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Mrs. Sandra Braxton Trower

Rev. L.W. Wales Sr.

Ms. Mildred Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd and Shirley Wallace

Mr. W.M. Wallace

Mrs. Annette Washington
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Mrs. Barbara Watson

Mrs. Jaqueline Bridgeforth Williams
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Mrs. Sylvia Willis

Mr. S.D. Wright
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Ms. Mable V. Wynne

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