Interview with Mary L. Beatty, September 11, 1983

Partial Transcript: Ms. Beatty, I really did enjoy the church service this morning.

Segment Synopsis: Beatty discusses her church and its membership. She also describes how she came to be in Hazard.

Keywords: Church; Church services; Congregation; Hazard (Ky.); Hymns; Lining out; Meter; Ministers; Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church; Musical performances; Musical styles; Old Dr. Watts; Perry County (Ky.); Reverend Watson; Singing; Tuscaloosa (Ala.)

Subjects: African American churches--Kentucky; African American families; African American singers; African Americans--Economic conditions; African Americans--Employment--Kentucky; African Americans--Religion; Hazard (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Old Regular Baptists

Partial Transcript: You didn't have service at all?

Segment Synopsis: Beatty discusses some of the former ministers of her church. She also describes her childhood and what it was like growing up in a coal camp.

Keywords: Black churches; Church services; Coal mines; Coal mining; Family; Fellowship Day; Hymns; Ministers; Religious music; Religious worship; Reverend Kennedy; Reverend Olinger; Reverend Thomas; Reverend Watson; Singing

Subjects: African American churches--Kentucky; African American clergy--Kentucky; African American families; African Americans--Education (Higher); African Americans--Employment--Kentucky; African Americans--Religion; Coal--Kentucky; Family histories.

Partial Transcript: Now how many children did you have?

Segment Synopsis: Beatty discusses her motherhood to twenty-four children.

Keywords: Children; Coal mining; Family; Husband; Motherhood; Race relations

Subjects: African American children--Care; African American children--Education; African American families; African American mothers; African Americans--Economic conditions; African Americans--Employment--Kentucky; Race relations--Appalachian Region

Partial Transcript: Well what was the, um, relationships between the Blacks and the Whites during that time?

Segment Synopsis: Beatty discusses race relations in Hazard and how school integration affected this. She also speaks on her time growing up in Tribbey in a coal camp.

Keywords: Blue Diamond Coal Company; Children; Church; Church attendance; Church services; Coal companies; Coal miners; Coal mining; Fighting; Night services; Race relations; Revival; School integration; Segregation; Tribbey (Ky.)

Subjects: African American coal miners; African Americans--Economic conditions; African Americans--Employment--Kentucky; African Americans--Social conditions; Coal miners--Kentucky; Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Perry County; Coal--Kentucky; School integration; Segregation in education--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: I used to go out as a girl--my daddy got sick.

Segment Synopsis: Beatty discusses her early employment as child. She speaks on the social and economic conditions at the time. She also describes her childhood social activities, especially her involvement in the church.

Keywords: Church; Church services; Coal; Coal mining camps; Commissary stores; Domestic work; Food; Groceries; Work

Subjects: African American household employees; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Economic conditions; African Americans--Employment--Kentucky; African Americans--Religion; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Social life and customs; Appalachian Region; Appalachian Region--Economic conditions

Partial Transcript: But they say you can walk across the mountains to somebody's house.

Segment Synopsis: Beatty discusses her musical preferences. She also speaks to her time as a wife and mother.

Keywords: Appalachian Region; Children; Christianity; Family; Gospel; Husband; Hymns; Motherhood; Mountains; Parenting; Religious music

Subjects: African American families; African American mothers; African American neighborhoods; African American parents; African Americans--Religion; Motherhood