Oral history with Mary Van Ford; 2003

Oral history.; Mary Van Ford was born in January, 1924 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. As a young girl, she attended Attala County Training school while working for a local family. Ford started work at the age of 12, both before and after school. She recalls graduating at the time of the Second World War, as a number of her classmates were drafted before the ceremony. In later life, Ford worked in window dressing for various department stores in Kosciusko. She was one of the first African Americans to serve in a clerical position in Kosciusko.

Oral history.; Mary Van Ford was born in January, 1924 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. As a young girl, she attended Attala County Training school while working for a local family. Ford started work at the age of 12, both before and after school. She recalls graduating at the time of the Second World War, as a number of her classmates were drafted before the ceremony. In later life, Ford worked in window dressing for various department stores in Kosciusko. She was one of the first African Americans to serve in a clerical position in Kosciusko.

Oral history.; Mary Van Ford was born in January, 1924 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. As a young girl, she attended Attala County Training school while working for a local family. Ford started work at the age of 12, both before and after school. She recalls graduating at the time of the Second World War, as a number of her classmates were drafted before the ceremony. In later life, Ford worked in window dressing for various department stores in Kosciusko. She was one of the first African Americans to serve in a clerical position in Kosciusko.

Oral history.; Mary Van Ford was born in January, 1924 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. As a young girl, she attended Attala County Training school while working for a local family. Ford started work at the age of 12, both before and after school. She recalls graduating at the time of the Second World War, as a number of her classmates were drafted before the ceremony. In later life, Ford worked in window dressing for various department stores in Kosciusko. She was one of the first African Americans to serve in a clerical position in Kosciusko.