Interview: Cassandra S. Roper [DVD]

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Interview: Cassandra S. Roper [DVD]

Entry/Object ID

2021.002.3

Description

Interview with Cassandra S. Roper. Cassandra Roper was born on Sol Legare in 1945, the daughter of Laura Wilder and step-daughter of Apple Wilder. In this interview, Ms. Roper recounts how, as a child, she and her cousins came to Mosquito Beach on Sundays after church and chores. She describes the boardwalk, the pavilion and the hotel, all run by her mother and stepfather. Like many people from the area, Ms. Roper went to live in New York City, returning to the realities of Jim Crow segregation at school and other places when she was about 13 years old. Ms. Roper recounts that Folly Beach was off-limits to African Americans except for work. She remembers the large crowds at Mosquito Beach and how it was an oasis from daily realities and how it functioned as a place for music and as a dating scene. Date of interview: Feb. 14, 2019. Interviewed by Michael Allen. See the video on the Lowcountry Digital Library at https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/250143. 1 DVD (27:37) Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)

Collection

HCF Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2008)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lowcountry Digital Library, Mosquito Beach, Roper, Cassandra S.--Interviews, Mosquito Beach (S.C.), African Americans--Recreation--South Carolina--Charleston, Segregation--South Carolina--Charleston, Discrimination in public accommodations--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic sites--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Oral History

Publication Details

Author

Roper, Cassandra S.

Series

Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project

Publisher

Historic Charleston Foundation

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

2019

Publication Language

English

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

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2021.002.4, 2021.002.5, 2021.002.6, 2021.002.7

General Notes

Note

Notes: MP4 (video) and MP3 (audio) files also available on Passport external hard drive.

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Create Date

March 25, 2021

Updated By

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Update Date

March 30, 2023