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Growing Up With Jim Crow

Growing Up With Jim Crow

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 Chatting with Ben Watford, an 88 year old black man who grew up in rural North Carolina. Listen as Ben reveals his humble beginnings and how he overcame being 'dirt poor' as one of a family of fifteen.Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. World
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  • 11 Retirement and Jim Crow

    11 Retirement and Jim Crow
    May 25 2021
    Our final episode! Ben Watford talks about retiring back to NC. It's 1986 and Ben soon throws himself into numerous causes. no restful retirement and watching TV for this man...
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    34 mins
  • 10 Integration and Jim Crow

    10 Integration and Jim Crow
    May 11 2021
    What did Ben get up to outside the classroom when he lived and worked on Long Island? A black man in the midst of a nearly all white community, Ben set about bringing some long overdue changes to his community and beyond. We find out about it in this episode.
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    23 mins
  • 09 College, Teaching and Jim Crow

    09 College, Teaching and Jim Crow
    Apr 27 2021

    Ben graduates high school and leaves Winton NC to take up a place at Howard University. But how does a poor black boy get himself through college? And how does he land a plum teaching job at a traditional all white school on Long Island?
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    44 mins
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