Interview: Richard Brown [DVD]

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Interview: Richard Brown [DVD]

Entry/Object ID

2021.002.4

Description

Interview with Richard Brown. Richard Brown is native to Sol Legare and was born “just off of Mosquito Beach” in 1953. Mr. Brown’s family farmed and they sold their produce in the Market in downtown Charleston. He took a three minute walk from his house to Mosquito Beach on the weekends with friends. He described the different experiences for children, teens and adults – saying that elders told kids to “stay with your equals.” He recounts starting work in the oyster business with Irving Singleton when he was aged six or seven. He collected and shucked around 16-18 bushels of oyster a day from Kings Flats. He details the harvesting process and how the Sol Legare area historically had an abundance of seafood and fresh produce. He talks too about the hard work and self-sufficiency of the residents and their strict parenting techniques. He also relates stories about Joe Chavis and his wife Middie. 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/250147. 1 DVD (45:15) Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)

Collection

HCF Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2021.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2021)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lowcountry Digital Library, Mosquito Beach, Brown, Richard--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

Brown, Richard

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

2021.002.3, 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