Children’s Experiences: Mr. Rupert Richardson

Interviewer

Chan Prum

Files

Full Length Interview

Home Is Where I Make It Oral History Project

Interviewees

Rupert Richardson

Timestamp

(5:38-6:15)

Description

“I think it was a good experience. The only problem that my two oldest boys had when they left Maine and went down to Atlanta, it was the cultural shock, because don’t forget up here in Maine, Maine is quote the whitest state in the nation. And all of a sudden-growing up and having all these white friends, going out, you know, having a few pops with them. And all of a sudden you go down to Atlanta, Georgia and you walk into a nightclub and they’re all Black. Well up here you walk into a nightclub and they’re all white. And it was a culture shock which eventually my children got accustomed to.”

Date

5-31-2001

Keywords

children's experiences, Black families, Maine

Comments

Born: Portland, Maine

Duration of Residence in Maine: 71 years

Recommended Citation

Prum, Chan, "Children’s Experiences: Mr. Rupert Richardson" (2001). Series 1: Family - Recordings. 6.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/we-exist-exhibit-audio/6