Interview with Anthony Major [DVD]

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Interview with Anthony Major [DVD]

Entry/Object ID

2018.002.019

Description

Interview with Anthony Major about his recollections of the Johnson Funeral Home on Venning Street in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Major was a nephew of the Johnsons who originally owned the funeral home. The funeral home, one of the first African American businesses in Mt. Pleasant, was owned and operated by Margurite and Peter Johnson. Situated on the same property where the Johnsons lived (at 440 Venning Street), they purchased the business in 1939. After Mr. Johnson's death in the 1950s, Margurite Johnson ran the funeral home as the town's first female funeral director from 1953 until her death in the 1990s. Both of the Johnsons were active in their community and active politically. Mr. Johnson was a charter member of the Mt. Pleasant NAACP and a member of a number of civic and religious groups and Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Democratic Women's Society, board member of Friendship AME church, and prior to her ownership of the funeral home, owned her own laundry service. 440 Venning Street is now used as the offices for the African American Historic Settlements Commission but it is still owned by Sam Halls, who once worked for Mrs. Johnson and purchased the business at her death. Date of interview: June 21, 2018. Interview conducted by Katherine Pemberton (HCF) and Sada Stewart (intern) at 440 Venning Street. Leigh Moring (HCF), videographer. 1 DVD: 16 min. Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)

Collection

HCF Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2018.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2018)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Major, Anthony--Interviews, Undertakers and undertaking--South Carolina--Mount Pleasant, Funeral homes--South Carolina--Mount Pleasant, African Americans--South Carolina--Mount Pleasant--Social life and customs, Mount Pleasant (S.C.)--Social life and customs

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Oral History

Publication Details

Author

Major, Anthony

Series

Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project

Date Published

2018

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Container

DVD (Videos) Box 1

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Consent Form and transcript on Media link. MP3 (audio) and MP4 (video) files on MyPassport hard drive.

Created By

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Create Date

September 18, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023