Levi Watkins Learning Center Digital Collections (Alabama State University)
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Interview Excerpt of Ms. Barbara Jean Williams Parker
Barbara Jean Williams Parker was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama on July 21, 1947. Her parents were George Curtis Williams and Mary Jane McCall Williams. She attended George Washington Carver schools from the first grade to the twelfth. As a young child she became familiar with Alabama State University when she was a student and decided very early to attend ASU because of the positive influence of her student teachers
Interview Excerpt of Mr. Kweku Ayangade
Kweku was born in Alexander City, Alabama and attended the Alexander City Colored High School (now known as the Laurel School). He was named by his parents, Donald Sutton. When he was young he learned how to play the trumpet and that skill became a lifelong pursuit for him. He and other classmates had to go to school early so that they could help the janitor shovel coal for heat. He remembers an excellent school attended by black students with a total of 35 pupils
Generation Xers leading the various generations: Discord or harmony in an elementary education setting?
Middle school curriculum as a predictor of ninth grade success: A study of first year high school students who matriculated from three unique middle school programs
Interview Excerpt of Reverend John F. Sawyer, Jr.
(1914-2008) a letter carrier, U.S. Navy serviceman. Son of an AME Zion minister in Montgomery, Alabama, Sawyer attended the historic Swain School and Alabama State College High School, graduating from the latter. Before World War II he was a U.S. Post Office letter carrier. During the war, he served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Afterwards, he returned home to his postal career working during the Montgomery Bus Boycott