Interviews with Claude and Willie Mae Johnson transcript
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Claude Johnson was born in the Mars Hill area of Acworth, Georgia, and attended the local Roswenwald school. He left school at the age of 14 to work in food service at the Lockheed-Georgia Company in Marietta, retiring as a cook after 25 years. He joined Hewlett-Packard afterwards and retired as the head of shipping and receiving after 30 years. Willie Mae Johnson was born in Marietta, Georgia, but moved to Acworth to live with her grandparents, Lizzie and William Cicero (Bud) Furr, at the age of 8 after the death of her parents. She attended the Rosenwald school in Acworth and Lemon Street High School in Marietta. Mrs. Johnson served as Vice President of the Parent-Teacher Association at the Roberts school. Her aunt and uncle owned Lucy Mae and Price Oliver's Cafe in Acworth. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson attend the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church.
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Zibanajadrad, Claudia Lynn
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Show full item recordContributor | Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) | |
Interviewer | Zibanajadrad, Claudia Lynn | |
Interviewee | Johnson, Claude (1936- ) | |
Interviewee | Johnson, Willie Mae Brown | |
Geographic Coverage | Marietta, Georgia | |
Geographic Coverage | Cobb County | |
Date Accessioned | 2014-08-29T21:14:02Z | |
Date Available | 2014-08-29T21:14:02Z | |
Date Created | 2009-10-07 | |
Date Created | 2009-11-04 | |
Identifier | ksu-45-05-001-07012 | |
Citation | Interviews with Claude and Willie Mae Johnson transcript, 2009-10-07 and 2009-11-04, Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights series, 2009-2010, Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- , KSU/45/05/001, Kennesaw State University Archives. | |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11360/253 | |
Description | Claude Johnson was born in the Mars Hill area of Acworth, Georgia, and attended the local Roswenwald school. He left school at the age of 14 to work in food service at the Lockheed-Georgia Company in Marietta, retiring as a cook after 25 years. He joined Hewlett-Packard afterwards and retired as the head of shipping and receiving after 30 years. Willie Mae Johnson was born in Marietta, Georgia, but moved to Acworth to live with her grandparents, Lizzie and William Cicero (Bud) Furr, at the age of 8 after the death of her parents. She attended the Rosenwald school in Acworth and Lemon Street High School in Marietta. Mrs. Johnson served as Vice President of the Parent-Teacher Association at the Roberts school. Her aunt and uncle owned Lucy Mae and Price Oliver's Cafe in Acworth. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson attend the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church. | |
Format | application/pdf | |
Language | en_US | |
Publisher | Kennesaw State University Archives | |
Part of | Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- | |
Rights | The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives. | |
Subject | Johnson, Claude (1936- ) | |
Subject | Johnson, Willie Mae Brown | |
Subject | Oral histories | |
Subject | Transcripts | |
Title | Interviews with Claude and Willie Mae Johnson transcript | |
Record Type | Text |
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