Interview Info

Date of Interview: 4-13-24

Interview Location: Tompkins Lounge, located inside of Tompkins Hall on North Carolina State University’s campus

Narrator(s): (from left) Teresa Hayes, Camilla Rosetta Curtis

Interviewer(s): Rebecca Cantor, Stephen Black

Background on Interview:

This interview was recorded as part of a group interview day organized in partnership with graduate students in the linguistics program at NC State.

Explore Clips from this Interview

“A Beautiful Place to Be”

“I loved Washington School because everybody was a family there. The teachers, the students, we all loved one another and we all played together. We all lived in the same neighborhood together.”

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Camilla Curtis

School Days & Shopping

“It was a beautiful place to be. Everybody knew one another and we used to leave our doors open and I mean it was like a village, our own little private village.”

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Camilla Curtis

Skating Down South Street

“I never got out of them when I was on the skates. Well, I loved to skate. I never – they didn’t never come off my feet the whole while.”

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Teresa Hayes

Remembering Fourth Ward

“People did look out for one another. People helped each other. People loved everybody. The people tried to tell you to go to school... They kept you straight. They kept you in line. It was a loving, loving, loving community. You don’t see this no more.”

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