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Oral history interview with Annie Woodfolk Carter, 1980 July 28

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Title	Oral history interview with Annie Woodfolk Carter, 1980 July 28
Personal name	Carter, Annie Woodfolk, 1896-1986--Interviews
Corporate name	Union Station (Nashville, Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.). Fire department
Topical entry	Military History World War I Civil Rights African Americans Popular Culture Religion Entertainment Capital City Transportation Housing Architecture Buildings World War, 1914-1918 African Americans--Economic conditions African Americans--Employment African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Housing--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Nashville Ethnic neighborhoods--Tennessee--Nashville Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville Segregation in transportation--Tennessee--Nashville Irish Americans--Tennessee--Nashville Irish Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Nashville Irish Americans--Housing--Tennessee--Nashville Lutheran churches--Tennessee--Nashville Religion--Tennessee--Nashville Church attendance--Tennessee--Nashville Church membership--Tennessee--Nashville Fire departments--Tennessee--Nashville Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville Street-railroads--Tennessee--Nashville Transportation buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Immigrants--Tennessee--Nashville--Social conditions
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations Nashville (Tenn.)--Religious life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions East Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.)--History--Sources East Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.)--Race relations East Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.)--Social life and customs East Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.)--Social conditions Cleveland (Ohio)--Economic conditions
Description	Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashvillian Annie Woodfolk Carter, conducted on 28 July 1980 by Nathaniel A. Crippens as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Carter discusses moving to Cleveland, Ohio, during World War I because of new job opportunities for African Americans; African American and Irish neighborhoods in East Nashville when she was a child; the fire department in East Nashville; how she and her husband became affiliated with a predominantly-white Lutheran church after moving back to Nashville during the 1960s; going to Union Station on Sunday afternoons; and the segregated facilities at Union Station and on the trains. The complete interview, as well as an index, is available in the Special Collections Division.
Creator	Carter, Annie Woodfolk, 1896-1986 (Interviewee); Crippens, Nathaniel A., 1913-2004 (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1980-07-28
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3
Identifier	CENTIIICarterAWaclip1.mp3; CENTIIICarterAWaclip2.mp3; CENTIIICarterAWaclip3.mp3; CENTIIICarterAWaclip4.mp3; CENTIIICarterAWbclip1.mp3; CENTIIICarterAW_transcript.pdf
Source	Excerpted from: CENTIIICarterAW audio cassette recording converted to digital format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project : oral history
Coverage	1980-1989
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-CENTIIICarterAW

Oral history interview with Annie Woodfolk Carter, 1980 July 28

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Oral history interview with Annie Woodfolk Carter, 1980 July 28

Clip 1 - Carter remembers moving to Cleveland during World War I because of new job opportunities for African Americans

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