Goldsboro
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Geraldine Wright, Oral History
2024 Interview at the Casselberry Library with Geraldine Wright Mrs. Geraldine Wright shares about her childhood in Sanford, education, and early career in Brooklyn,New York, and Return to Sanford with her husband. Mrs. Wright discusses her time as an educator inSeminole County Schools and Principal of Goldsboro Elementary School. She is now active in several civic organizations. Photos
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Francis Oliver, Oral History
Local historian Jason Byrne interviews Francis Oliver on July 2, 2018 11:50AM at Patio Grill in Sanford. Francis is a civil rights activist, community leader, career educator, founder of the Goldsboro Museum, and longtime resident of the black community of Sanford’s Goldsboro district. INDEX OF CONVERSATION 0:38 The “Overground Railroad” – Escape from Jim Crow 1:00 Family moving to Goldsboro in 1946 2:18 Family farm back in Alabama 6:28 Early memories of Sanford and Goldsboro 10:14 Attending Savannah State University and husband dying in Vietnam 10:55 Return to Sanford and early career teaching in public schools, desegregation 12:15 Growing up…