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Telicious Kenly Boyd oral history interview, 2008 May 16

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In this oral history interview, Telicious Kenly (Lowman) Boyd discusses the prominent role of education in her life, including a detailed description of Piney Grove Elementary School (Richland County, South Carolina), games played, school lunches, and the Piney Grove A.M.E. Church, which donated the land upon which the elementary school was built. She also discusses her time at Harbison Junior College and Allen University, where she graduated with a degree in home economics. She became the first African-American teacher hired by the Girls Industrial School (now known as the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice) and later taught at Richland High School (Irmo, South Carolina) and worked for the family court system. Telicious Kenly Lowman Boyd was born on September 7, 1919, to Minnie and James Lowman of Columbia, South Carolina. One of three children, she was an educator. She died on October 21, 2009. Tom Crosby interviewed Telicious Kenly Boyd at her home in Richland County, South Carolina, on May 16, 2008. Interview covers Boyd's education at Pine Grove Elementary School and Harbison Junior College (of the town of Irmo, S.C.) from the late 1920s to the 1930s and at Allen University in the 1940s.
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Oral Histories
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Crosby, Tom, 1940- (interviewer)South Caroliniana Library. Office of Oral History
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Copyright: University of South Carolina. The transcript and audio are provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction, and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Department of Oral History, University Libraries, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
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