interview 2 is with Sis Oliver and she is 89 she really didn't want to talk about race but i got a little something

1. What is your name? Maiden and Marriage (if applicable) Margaret Oliver

2. Where were you born?

Panola County 

3. Where did you grow up? Panola county

4. What were your parents names and occupations?Bennie and Louise Oliver and they were sharecroppers and farmers

5. Do you have any siblings? Yes or No, names? Yes Bennie, Lucy and Marie

6. What was your life like growing up as a black girl in ____Batesville_____? Well I like to do man work I plowed the mule, ran down the hogs and so forth.

7. Did you ever encounter racism? Explain? So sure, we couldn’t go uptown without seeing colored or white only signs. We were allowed to even go in the grocery store if a white person was even in the store. But times have change now and I can go where every I please. He he he he

8. What privileges or setbacks do you feel that you experienced growing up a black female in the North/South? Well I couldn’t go to school like I wanted to because I didn’t have sufficient clothing so I only have a six grade education or so.

9. What, if anything, do you remember your parents telling your about race? Black people need to stand strong and be proud to be Black

10. What did your parents tell you or instill in you regarding being a woman, specifically a black woman? I don’t know but I know my mama would be upset with me when I tussled with the hog with my dress on.

11. Did you attend school? Yes or No, why or why not?  Yes only if my clothes were sufficent
12. Talk a little bit about those days... I remember going to church and women had to stand up and confess but we don’t do that no more. Pastor Parker would always holler to the women to pull that dress down and take a cold shower… he he he he…

13. What was it like in school for you as a black female? 

14. Did you graduate and attend college? [Ask questions here to get more info regarding education ect.]

15. Did you get married?  To who?  When?  [Ask about the circumstances]

16. Did you have any children? Yes or No? How many?  Why?  Was this a choice or just happend?  If no children, you could ask them why they chose not to or was it medical reasons. No I never had kids but I do have step kids my deceased husbands had five kids and I call them mine.

17. Where did they work as an adult

18. Ask them about their adult life and what it was like living as a black woman? Oh I was a sinner I had to confess. I drunk and sung in the junk house but the Lord showed me that I need to do better and that why I try to tell yall to do right and be better than I was.

19.  Ask them if there are any specific stories that they would like to share regarding their adulthood life and being a black woman

20.  What were their relationships like with other women?  Specifically ask about white and black women. I only see white women when I am in the grocery store or at the doctor

21.  Would they consider themselves friends with white women?  Or do they have friends that are of another race?

22.  What type of relationship do you have with black men?

23.  What do you think is the role of both black men and women in relationships and inside of the home should be? [Here, you can ask specific questions regarding marriage and the roles of both men and women inside of marriage]

24.  What do you think about people dating outside of their race?  Black men marrying white women and black women marrying white men?

25.  What issues do you think most affect black Americans today? That ain’t putting God first and God trying tell this women to get right. God don’t like ugly nah he sho don’t.