Esmont Oral History Project

Interview of Rosa Agee by Mieka Brand on September 27, 2001
and October 4, 2001.

Rosa Agee, who was born in Goochland County in 1939, has been living in Esmont since 1942 or 1943. Discussing aspects of her life from the time she was born to when the interview took place, Ms. Agee remembers the negative effects of poverty and disease throughout her life, but discusses also pleasant memories such as cooking pinto beans at the small schoolhouse, going to work with her mother (who was hired as a domestic by local white families), the tradition of visiting family and neighbors and exchanging food during Christmas, and playing ball with her siblings and neighbors.

Listen to the First Interview (9/27/01, 58 minutes long):     28.8K     56.6K     Other
Listen to the Second Interview (10/4/01, 36 minutes long):     28.8K     56.6K     Other

Read the transcription of the interviews

Esmont Oral History Project: Building Digital Communities, Race and Place: African American Community History, Albemarle County, Virginia. Prepared by the Virginia Center for Digital History, Charlottesville, VA, 2001-2002.