Interview with Annette Fields, Pinky McIntyre Kennedy, February 27, 1991

Interview Summary

Fields describes what Midway was like when she was a child, including how everyone knew and looked out for each other. Her parents were Christian and strict. She describes her education, but says she never graduated. She discusses her first and second marriages and her children. She discusses her curtain business and taking care of her elderly parents. She goes into detail about her church work for the Methodist church. Fields and her sister Pinky McIntyre Kennedy describe various events and meetings at the school, including speech competitions, recitations, plays, and spelling bees, as well as Black History Month. Fields discusses her feelings about Midway.

Interview Keyword

Midway, Kentucky Black people African Americans African American families Black families

Interview LC Subject

Midway (Ky.) Kentucky--History Education Black people--History African Americans--History Marriage African Americans--Social conditions

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