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Oral history.; Interview conducted with Nancy Rie Barland in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Nancy Rie Disharoon Barland was born July 22, 1922 at Bowling Green Plantation, about eight miles east of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Her parents were Florine Levy and George Lindsay Disharoon. Mrs. Barland graduated from Port Gibson High School and attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for two years. She married Charles Edward Barland on August 6, 1949. They have two children, Charles Edward Barland Jr., and Flo Ruth Barland. Mrs. Barland is a lifetime member of Port Gibson's First Presbyterian Church. She discusses memories of childhood, including games, friends, family, and household staff. Barland describes the family plantation and sharecropping arrangements with tenants. Discusses social life in Port Gibson, including dances. She also discusses her grandfather B. H. Levy who owned Levy's Produce, was on the original Board of Directors of the Port Gibson Bank, and also helped to establish the Synagogue in Port Gibson.

Oral history.; Interview conducted with Nancy Rie Barland in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Nancy Rie Disharoon Barland was born July 22, 1922 at Bowling Green Plantation, about eight miles east of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Her parents were Florine Levy and George Lindsay Disharoon. Mrs. Barland graduated from Port Gibson High School and attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for two years. She married Charles Edward Barland on August 6, 1949. They have two children, Charles Edward Barland Jr., and Flo Ruth Barland. Mrs. Barland is a lifetime member of Port Gibson's First Presbyterian Church. She discusses memories of childhood, including games, friends, family, and household staff. Barland describes the family plantation and sharecropping arrangements with tenants. Discusses social life in Port Gibson, including dances. She also discusses her grandfather B. H. Levy who owned Levy's Produce, was on the original Board of Directors of the Port Gibson Bank, and also helped to establish the Synagogue in Port Gibson.

Oral history.; Transcript for interview conducted with Nancy Rie Barland in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Nancy Rie Disharoon Barland was born July 22, 1922 at Bowling Green Plantation, about eight miles east of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Her parents were Florine Levy and George Lindsay Disharoon. Mrs. Barland graduated from Port Gibson High School and attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for two years. She married Charles Edward Barland on August 6, 1949. They have two children, Charles Edward Barland Jr., and Flo Ruth Barland. Mrs. Barland is a lifetime member of Port Gibson's First Presbyterian Church. She discusses memories of childhood, including games, friends, family, and household staff. Barland describes the family plantation and sharecropping arrangements with tenants. Discusses social life in Port Gibson, including dances. She also discusses her grandfather B. H. Levy who owned Levy's Produce, was on the original Board of Directors of the Port Gibson Bank, and also helped to establish the Synagogue in Port Gibson.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.

Oral history.; Harry Tartt attended Mobile County Training School in Plateau, Alabama, and New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1933. From 1934 through 1937, Reverend Tartt taught at Thirty-third Avenue High School. After teaching three years, he married Ms. Orlean Grace, and the couple moved to Chicago, where Harry did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Tartt joined the military and served as a combat soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in North Africa, where he won five Battle Stars and also served as chaplain. In addition, he worked as a journalist. At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France, and Korea. After thirty years of military duty, he retired at the rank of major. Upon retirement from the Army in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-third Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first African-American teacher at Gulfport High School during the desegregation of the Mississippi schools.