| Title: |
Gong, Vera Penney
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Ms. Vera Penney Gong was born on May 19, 1950, in San Francisco, California. At the age of eight, Ms. Gong’s father emigrated to the United States from China. In 1954, he moved his wife and children from San Francisco to Mississippi. As a child, Ms. Gong spent most of her time either in school or working in the grocery store owned and operated by her parents in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The store was located in a segregated, all-black community, and Ms. Gong and her family resided in their living quarters at the back of the grocery store.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohgongv.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Gong, Vera Penney, 1950-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
19-May-1950
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| Speaker place of birth: |
San Francisco, CA; California; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Asian
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| Speaker occupation: |
Clerk; Coordinator
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| Age at speaking: |
49
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| Document date: |
07-Oct-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Clark, Georgene
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture; Cities and towns--Mississippi; City and town life--Mississippi; Community; Local history; Mississippi; Mississippi--History; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025637-27532
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