September 14th, 2009
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Interview with Ms. Augustine Thomas
General Topic of Interview: Life in and around Jonestown, Mississippi
Date: 5 November, 2008
Location: Jonestown, Mississippi, USA
Narrator: Ms. Augustine Thomas
Interviewers: Atandi Anyona, Kyle Coston, Max Paschall, and Tiffany Mane
Transcriber: Unknown
Biographical Information:
Ms. Augustine Thomas was born on a plantation outside of Jonestown, Mississippi, in 1938. She has lived in or around Jonestown her entire life.
Interview Information:
Ms. Thomas provides a life history, and discusses sharecropping, segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., family relationships, religion, as well as the recent election of Barack Obama to the American presidency.