Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Zora Siemasko and Jane Sypher's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Zora Siemasko and Jane Sypher's oral history

Oral History

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.002.0067

Scope and Content

1 compact disk ; 4 11/16" in diameter Zora Siemasko and Jane Sypher's oral history interview on November 24, 2003. Ms. Siemasko began teaching at Great Mills High School in 1962. Ms. Sypher began teaching there in 1977. Ms. Siemasko described having difficulty arranging for an award for Francine Dove. The women talked about the initial phases of integration. The period after Reverend King's assassination was especially difficult. Both discussed different versions of racism. They also discussed the value of goals for life. There are no data sheets with the interview. The interview is on one disk and in a black plastic container with a cream label on the spine.

Collection

Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Collection

Oral History Details

Primary Language

English

Location

UCAC Oral Histories, Box 4, Unknown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dove-Hawkins, Francine

Person or Organization

Lewis, Robert

Person or Organization

Siemasko, Zora

Person or Organization

Sypher, Jane

Person or Organization

Taylor, Meredith

Web Links and URLs

https://stmaryshistory.org/docs.ashx?id=1563136, https://stmaryshistory.org/docs.ashx?id=1508195