1 10 4 https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/f69790aa12fd63b98c9df80e99353211.JPG 7ada03621d7587502e80fbf8a62aa37b https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/2af168cd3986aaf78d157936f4811e44.mp3 23e848d6004946dcf1905f61d37d82f6 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Jacob Roberson Ayele d'Almeida Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Madieth Malone Isabelle (Thomas) LeSane Location The location of the interview Westhampton College Living Room University of Richmond 410 Westhampton Way Richmond, VA 23173 Date of Interview March 5, 2019 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound <a href="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/transcripts/MaloneMadiethandLeSaneIsabelle_d'Almeida-Roberson_Transcript_20190305.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the transcript file.</a> Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 01:44:35 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Madieth Malone and Isabelle (Thomas) LeSane (W'72) Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource interviews Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) Description An account of the resource In this oral history interview, Madieth Malone (W’72) and Isabelle (Thomas) LeSane (W’72) sat down with Jacob Roberson (’19) and Ayele d’Almeida (’20) on March 5, 2019 in the Westhampton College Deanery Living Room. In this one hour and forty-five minute interview, Malone and LeSane share about their experiences as two of the first Black women to attend Westhampton College. Malone and LeSane recount their childhoods growing up in Richmond, how they decided to attend the University of Richmond, reflect on finding out later in life that their time at the university is considered historic, their careers as educators in Richmond Public Schools, being commuter students at Westhampton College, traveling with the glee club, theater group, and Russian classes, Malone’s theater experience as a University Player, Malone’s experienced being one of the first students to integrated Binford Middle School and how that prepared her for her time at UR, the swimming requirement at Westhampton College, reflect on how the university has changed in the last 50 years, give advice to current Black students at the university, and more. <img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/MaloneandThomas_1969-01.JPG" alt="" /> Born and raised in what was called the “West End” of the city of Richmond, Madieth P. Malone attended Richmond Public Schools near the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1962, she was one of eleven black students chosen to integrate Binford Junior High School. Two years later, she attended Thomas Jefferson High School, continuing the push to desegregate schools in the city. Madieth developed many friendships and many interests while attending TJ, and when Westhampton College was presented as a possible choice, she found it to be a good fit. Several of her high school friends were attending, and it was a convenient commute from home. The goal at Westhampton was to get the best liberal arts education possible. While there, she pursued a wide variety of interests, but was most involved with the theater department. In 1972, she graduated with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts. After graduation, Madieth worked as a teacher for Richmond Public Schools. It was the perfect job, because she could travel during the summer and be involved with theater – performing in community and dinner theaters, summer theater at Dogwood Dell, TV commercials, industrial films, and as a film extra. She also worked several years as a per diem reading consultant for SRA-McGraw-Hill. Today, Madieth spends her retirement doing whatever she wants and enjoying every minute of it. <img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/MaloneMadieth1972-01.JPG" alt="" /> Isabelle LeSane was born and raised in Richmond, VA and educated in the Richmond Public School System. She had no experience with interracial schooling until she came to Westhampton. But she was raised in a family of entrepreneurs and that gave her plenty of practice in dealing with many nationalities. Like her father, Isabelle never met a stranger, so enrolling in an all white school was not a challenge for her.  At the University of Richmond, Isabelle majored in Russian with the intention of becoming an interpreter at the UN. But life intervened and she got married and had children instead and didn’t want to leave Richmond. Because she had earned a teacher’s certificate while at the university, Isabelle applied for and was hired by RPS. Although she was hired as a German teacher, she was given the opportunity to teach Russian once it was known that she had that expertise. Isabelle is now retired and spends her days doing fun things with her grandkids and with friends who are in the same boat-being intentionally lazy and unapologetic! <img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/ThomasIsabelle1969-01.JPG" alt="" /><img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/ThomasIsabelle1970-01.JPG" alt="" /><img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/ThomasIsabelle1971-01.JPG" alt="" /><img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/ThomasIsabelle1972-01.JPG" alt="" /> Subject The topic of the resource African students Alumni and alumnae Black people Black women Civil rights movement College integration College sports College students, Black College students, Foreign College students, Men College students, Nigerian College students--Attitudes College teachers College theater Commuting college students Coordinate college system Curricula Discrimination Diversity Drama festivals Glee clubs Greene, Barry High school student activities High school students History--Study and teaching Intervention (Federal government) Junior high school students Minority college students--Recruiting Motion pictures Nigerian students Opera Performance Protests Race Race relations Racial awareness Racism Richmond (Va.) Russian language School field trips School integration School segregation Social life and customs Student life Student organizations Theater rehearsals Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery Theatrical producers and directors Universities and colleges--Faculty Universities and colleges--Food service Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.) White people White supremacy Women college students Women college teachers Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MaloneMadiethandLeSaneIsabelle_d'Almeida-Roberson_Public_20190305.mp3 Relation A related resource Race & Racism at UR Project Oral History Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history is available for academic purposes--including but not limited to research by students, faculty, and staff--by permission from the interviewees (Madieth Malone and Isabelle LeSane). The interviewees maintains the copyright, and must be contacted via the Race & Racism Project (urraceproject@gmail.com) for permissions for use outside of academic purposes. https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/b8509a591291e8fb3e5831d4bb149a75.jpg ac12502976c1a7d960c31b8d183ae5ec https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/9924ee9fa01d68705453c99677dca803.mp3 b5f25b9a004c22ac0bac5eee3092b37f Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Johnnette Johnson Jisu Song Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Rueben Turner Location The location of the interview Boatwright Memorial Library Seminar Room 1 University of Richmond 261 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA 23173 Date of Interview June 19, 2019 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound <a href="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/transcripts/TurnerRueben_Johnson-Song_Transcript_20190619.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the transcript file.</a> Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 01:02:33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Rueben Turner (R'81) Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource interviews Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) Description An account of the resource In this oral history interview, Rueben Turner (R’81) sat down with Johnnette Johnson (’20) and Jisu Song ('22) on June 19, 2019, in Boatwright Memorial Library. Over the course of the one hour interview, Turner spoke about his time as a football player and member of Kappa Alpha Psi at VCU. A Hampton native, Reed reflects on his time at the university juggling his academic, athletic, and extracurricular commitments. He shares what it was like to pledge a fraternity at VCU and what it meant to bring the fraternity to the University of Richmond’s campus. He also highlights his connection to URBAN, the University of Richmond Black Alumni Network. <img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/TurnerRueben_1981.JPG" alt="" /> Rueben was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia and attended Bethel High School. He attended the University of Richmond from 1977-1981 on a football scholarship. He was voted as a captain of the football team his senior year and received all East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) honors for his play. He graduated from the University of Richmond with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Sociology. He later obtained his MBA from Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina. His professional affiliations include membership with the Institute for Supply Management. He has a lifetime certification with the institute for Supply Management as a certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.). He retired from Altria after 34 years and is enjoying his retirement traveling and spending time with his family. He is a current Board member of the Mega Mentors of Chesterfield, County where he volunteers his time mentoring and teaching life skills to middle and high school students. He is married and has two daughters and three grandchildren. He is a member of First Baptist Church-Centralia and serves on the Deacon Board.  <img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/TurnerRueben_1980.JPG" alt="" /> Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges Athletics Basketball teams Black people Black women Business schools College athletes College athletics College fraternity members College sports College student newspapers and periodicals College students College students, Black College teachers Football teams Greek letter societies High school student activities Minorities Minority college students--Recruiting Multiculturalism Race relations Richmond (Va.) Roommates School integration Stereotypes Student housing Student life Student organizations University of Richmond Black Alumni Network (URBAN) Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia State University Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.) Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context TurnerRueben_Johnson-Song_Public_20190619.mp3 Relation A related resource Race & Racism at UR Project Oral History Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history is available for academic purposes--including but not limited to research by students, faculty, and staff--by permission from the interviewee (Rueben Turner). The interviewee maintains the copyright, and must be contacted via the Race & Racism Project (urraceproject@gmail.com) for permissions for use outside of academic purposes. https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/40caef5cf12db3699c3e847c800dc819.jpg 6af508bf34a0023fa91e06863dab9a3a Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Contributor Caleb Ward Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to the Editor "Alumnus Attacks Racism at UR" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pruden, Edward, Jr. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Collegian, University of Richmond Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-02-12 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspapers Description An account of the resource University of Richmond alum Edward Pruden Jr. speaks out against racial insults to the Armstrong-Kennedy High School drill team that performed at the halftime of the UR-VCU basketball game. According to Pruden, UR students yelled racial insults, booed, and sang a rendition of "Dixie." Pruden was an assistant principal at a local high school where he had encouraged black students, athletes and scholars, to consider the University of Richmond. This event was forcing him to reconsider, noting that when he attended UR similar incidents occurred--he recalls "some of my classmates hollering racial insults at Davidson's first black basketball player as he poured in the baskets." Pruden concludes: "I had hoped that one day such redneck behavior would disappear from our campus, and that we could represent ourselves as a liberally-educated community dedicated to, among other things, the brotherhood of man. However, it seems we have not yet shaken off the yoke of racism entirely." Subject The topic of the resource Alumni and alumnae College basketball College sports College students, White Dixie High school student activities Minority college students--Recruiting Racism Student life Virginia Commonwealth University Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Collegian67.16.6-19810212.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pruden, Edward, Jr. "Alumnus Attacks Racism at UR" The University of Richmond Collegian 67, no. 16 (February 12, 1981) :6 <a href="https://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19810212.2.21&srpos=11&e=--1964---1986--en-20--1--txt-txIN-" target="_blank">https://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19810212.2.21&srpos=11&e=--1964---1986--en-20--1--txt-txIN-</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/8239b47edd45173c508429712d4c1e50.jpg e71f973e2806746917f8c0aa94c0ea38 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Contributor Joshua Kim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Article "High school students protest clothing policy" Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Collegian, University of Richmond Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-03-02 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspapers Description An account of the resource The Collegian published an article on March 2, 1995, in regards to a protest held at Amelia County High School. Students held a sit in to protest the restrictions because a black teacher was restricted from wearing a traditional African headdress during Black History Month. The teacher was not named. The school's population is composed of 300 white students and 183 black students. Of the protesters, 10 were white. Subject The topic of the resource Black History Month Discrimination Dress codes High school student activities Racism Protests Black women Black people Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Collegian81.19.2-199532.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "High school students protest clothing policy." The University of Richmond Collegian 81, no.19. (March 2, 1995): 2. <a href="http://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19950302.2.19&srpos=15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-" target="_blank">http://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19950302.2.19&srpos=15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.)