Gloria Pillow and Thomas Pillow

Recorded May 20, 2023 Archived May 20, 2023 01:13:57

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Husband and wife, Gloria Pillow (75) and Thomas Pillow (76), reflect on being a part of the last generation to attend segregated schools in Nashville, Tennessee. They speak fondly of their experience at their all-Black high school, Cameron.

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3:00: Gloria (G) discusses desegregation in schools and the book that she wrote about Nashville’s last generation of segregated education. 7:15: Thomas (T) talks about how their neighborhood was like a cocoon growing up. 10:00: G speaks about the PTSD that came out of desegregation. 12:20: G remembers the positive experience she had at her all Black high school— Cameron. 16:00: T brings up the amazing teachers they had at Cameron, explaining that “they were preparing us for a future that didn’t exist then”. 19:50: G and T speak about their daughter who was discouraged from going to college by her school counselor. 25:00: G and T recall their fear of potentially having to leave Cameron for an integrated high school. 26:15: G remembers the negative experience her younger sisters had at integrated schools. 27:00: G and T describe the teachers that impacted them at Cameron. 46:50: T and G go into detail about Cameron. 54:30: G and T exchange their first impressions of one another in high school.

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Gloria Pillow
Thomas Pillow

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Nashville Public Television

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