Oral History (transcript), Sandra Kimble Rucker, November 21, 2021
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Oral History (transcript), Sandra Kimble Rucker, November 21, 2021
Subject
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Georgia--Fulton County
Kansas--Topeka
College Park
Eva Thomas High School
College Park High School
Headland High School
Jefferson Franklin Beavers Elementary School
segregation
integration
Georgia--Fulton County
Kansas--Topeka
College Park
Eva Thomas High School
College Park High School
Headland High School
Jefferson Franklin Beavers Elementary School
segregation
integration
Description
Sandra Kimble Rucker is a native of College Park, Georgia. As a child, she attended Jefferson Franklin Beavers Elementary School. Her time as a student at Eva Thomas High School overlapped with the integration of the surrounding high schools and by the time Rucker graduated from College Park High School in 1971 (a formerly all-white high school), she had attended three separate secondary schools – Eva Thomas and Headland being the other two. At the time of this interview, Rucker lived in Topeka, Kansas, where she founded Sandra Rucker’s Angels, a non-profit organization dedicated to American Service veterans.
A video recording of this oral history will be made available soon.
A video recording of this oral history will be made available soon.
Creator
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Georgia
Mike Santrock
Sandra Kimble Rucker
Mike Santrock
Sandra Kimble Rucker
Publisher
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Georgia
Date
2021
Rights
In copyright
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Identifier
2021.ohfc.5
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Duration
1:22:30
Interviewer
Mike Santrock
Interviewee
Sandra Kimble Rucker
Location
Fulton County Schools Archives, Teaching Museum South, Hapeville, Georgia
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Collection
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Citation
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Georgia
Mike Santrock
Sandra Kimble Rucker, “Oral History (transcript), Sandra Kimble Rucker, November 21, 2021,” Fulton County Schools Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 28, 2024, https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/579.
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