Jimmie Sims oral history interview, 2007 July 10
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In this oral history interview, Jimmie Sims discusses his educational experiences in Union, South Carolina at McBeth, Carem, Poplar Grove, Beaty Bridge and Sims High School, being drafted into the United States Army, attending the Tuskegee Institute graduating with a degree in nutritional dietetics, field trips to Charleston, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina, social clubs, organizations and sports activities at Sims High School. Jimmie Sims was born in 1922 to Ellen Lyles and Willie Arthur Sims. Tom Crosby interviewed Jimmie Sims at his residence on July 10, 2007. Interview covers Sims' education at McBeth Elementary, Carem Elementary, Poplar Grove, and Beaty Bridge Elementary Schools in the 1930s and at Sims High School from 1940 to 1943.
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Crosby, Tom, 1940- (interviewer)South Caroliniana Library. Office of Oral History
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