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…

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