Description

In this oral history interview, Joseph Brown discusses his educational experiences in Anderson County, South Carolina. Brown attended Oak Grove Elementary, Anderson County Training School, and Allen University, where he majored in elementary and physical education. Brown taught elementary school at Reeder Point School before becoming principal at Hopkins Elementary (Richland County, South Carolina) and I.E. Johnson High School (Laurinburg, North Carolina). Joseph Brown was born on May 24, 1933, in Pendleton, South Carolina. A state representative, Brown has been the longest-serving African American legislator in the state since Reconstruction. Tom Crosby interviewed Joseph Brown at the House of Prayer in Columbia, South Carolina, on March 20, 2007. Interview covers Brown's education at the Oak Grove (grades 1-3 in the town of Williamston, S.C.) and Pendleton Elementary Schools (grades 4-8 in Pendleton, S.C.) in the early 1940s and at Anderson County Training School from 1948 to 1952.

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University of South Carolina. Department of Oral History, University Libraries

Record Harvested From

South Carolina Digital Library