Frances Ayres Handy and Joseph Major Handy
Recorded
December 4, 2023
Archived
December 4, 2023
27:51 minutes
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Id:
mby023353
Description
Frances Ayres Handy (69) and Joseph "Major" Handy (76) talk about they met, their love story, and being in an interracial marriage.Subject Log / Time Code
France (F) tells Major (M) the story of how they met. M recalls how they met from his perspective.
F ays M is the person who has been kindest to her in her life.
F and M reflect on entering an interracial relationship in 2001.
M and F detail the challenges they have overcome together.
M explains how he was able to play guitar for Otis Redding and how he was then offered a position in the band.
F explains what she learned in being married to a person of color in the Deep South.
M says his first overseas trip was to Vietnam when he had to serve with the Marines.
M and F recall one of their favorite memories when F won a karaoke competition.
M and F share closing thoughts.
Participants
- Frances Ayres Handy
- Joseph Major Handy