Description
In this oral history, Marva Y. Hawkins recounts her life living in Goldsboro, a historic African-American community in Sanford, Florida. Her mother was the owner of the neighborhood grocery store, Hawkins' Meat Market, located off of West Thirteenth Street, originally called Goldsboro Avenue and now called Historic Goldsboro Boulevard. Hawkins lived in Goldsboro her entire life and attended Goldsboro Red School and Crooms High School, where she graduated in 1954. Hawkins has worked in various positions, such as for Family Services, as an insurance agent, and as a columnist for The Sanford Herald.
Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:57 Hawkins family
00:02:15 Thirteenth Street
00:03:24 Celery industry
00:04:10 Hawkins' Meat Market
00:04:37 Hawkins family
00:06:22 Goldsboro community activities and schools
00:08:14 Migrant labor
00:09:40 African-American policemen in Goldsboro
00:10:25 Thirteenth Street
00:17:27 Closing down of businesses
00:18:14 Churches and businesses in Goldsboro
00:19:12 Growing up in Goldsboro
00:21:37 How children and families have changed over time
00:22:13 Social organizations
00:23:32 Crooms High School
00:23:46 RECORDING CUTS OFF
00:23:48 Crooms High School
00:28:42 Scholarships
00:30:23 Education and career
00:32:19 Relations with communities outside of Goldsboro
00:36:27 How Sanford has changed over time
00:39:08 How the community work ethic has changed over time
00:39:37 Interaction between Goldsboro and the white community
00:42:01 RECORDING CUTS OFF
00:42:02 Interaction between Goldsboro and the white community
00:43:26 How Sanford changed during integration and the 1960s
00:47:37 Typical day for Hawkins' Meat Market and present use of building
52:00 Hawkins' brothers and their families
54:15 How Sanford has changed over time
01:01:50 Closing remarks
Coverage
Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Georgetown, Sanford, Florida