We Exist Series 4: Quotes
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Interviewer: Maureen Elgersman Lee
Interviewee: Mrs. Emma Jackson (age 62; born 1941 in Atlanta Georgia; lived in Maine for 46 years; has three children)
“Because it wasn't ever in the - the -- the, ah, club scenes, or any scenes like that. Actually, we live, ah, a really sheltered life. We went to church. We were involved. But the church was our main focus and our main goal. And I -- and -- and our lives were wrapped -- revolved around that. So that might be -- which would be a reason why we didn't--”
Publication Date
4-30-2002
Publisher
USM African American Collection
City
Lewiston, Maine
Keywords
Leisure, African American History, Maine
Disciplines
African American Studies | American Popular Culture | American Studies | Cultural History | Genealogy | History | Labor History | Oral History | Other American Studies | Other History | Public History | Social History | United States History | Women's History | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Elgersman-Lee, Maureen, "Mrs. Emma Jackson on Leisure" (2002). We Exist Series 4: Quotes. 6.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/we4_leisurequotes/6
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