Forty-four years ago, Anna Tutt of Cornelia sat down with Foxfire to share her experiences growing up as a black child in Southern Appalachia.
She talked about life on the farm and going to school, and how family life had changed through the years. She also touched on the harsher realities of growing up in the Jim Crow South.
In 2008, Tutt passed away at the age of 97, but her voice and her memories can still be heard in that recorded interview. The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center in Rabun County recently released excerpts as part of a four-part podcast series honoring Black History Month.
Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center Assistant Curator Kami Ahrens produces the podcast and co-hosts with the center’s president and executive director, T. J. Smith.
Click here to listen to Anna Tutt’s interview and to read transcripts from it. To read the rest of her story, pick up a copy of Foxfire 8.
Feature photo courtesy Foxfire
