Alma Cousins interviewed by Cheryl Payne, Transcript.
- Title
- Alma Cousins interviewed by Cheryl Payne, Transcript.
- Date
- 1981-09-28
- Creator
- Alma Cousins
- Contributor
- Cheryl Payne
- Description
- Alma Cousins moved to the Farish Street District in 1953 and previously owned a restaurant in the neighborhood. Ms. Cousins recounts what the district was like back then compared to the present. She talks about businesses and restaurants in the district; the effects of White people moving into the area; and several Black lawyers in the district.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Business See all items with this value
- Law See all items with this value
- Food See all items with this value
- Location
- Farish Street Historic District
- Jackson
- Mississippi
- Type
- Textual document
- Medium
- Paper
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- mwchcac.oh.2022.farish.tran.0023
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0940
- Rights
- All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
- Contributing Institution
- Jackson State University
- Collection
- The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection
- Item sets
- JSU Farish Street Project Transcripts
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