Lisa Henry Horne and Kiplyn Primus
Recorded
December 5, 2023
Archived
December 5, 2023
44:18 minutes
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Id:
atl004883
Description
Just Us Book Club member Lisa Henry Horne (64) shares memories of growing up in Louisiana with StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62). Lisa also talks about her career.Subject Log / Time Code
Lisa Henry Horne says her parents met while attending Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She says she was born to two twenty-year-olds studying for degrees in education.
Lisa says she has a brother, James Herman Henry Jr, who is 8 1/2 years younger than her.
Lisa says her mom's parents were part of The Great Migration, resettling in California. She says her mom stayed in Baton Rouge with relatives.
Lisa talks about her mother being a mathematician. She says a person's course of studies was based on their socio-economic position.
Lisa says her husband's dad was able to purchase a home in the 7th Ward in New Orleans. She says the neighborhood was Creole.
Lisa talks about both of her parents being educators. She talks about the importance of education in her life.
Lisa talks about going to elementary school in the 7th Ward with mostly Creole children and teachers.
Lisa remembers being made fun of for her physical appearance. She says she was ridiculed by adults.
Lisa remembers visiting her grandmother in Kenner, Louisiana.
Lisa remembers attending F. W. Gregory Junior High School. She says she then went to McDonogh 35 Senior High School.
Lisa talks about being an Economics major at Loyola University. She says economics is the social connection to math.
Lisa says she was interested in urban development. She says she ultimately went into banking.
Lisa talks about moving to Atlanta and getting a job at First Atlanta Bank.
Lisa says she studied to be a Management Engineer. She talks about her first assignment.
Lisa talks about being a black woman working with white men.
Lisa says she is used to being underestimated.
Lisa talks about Kim White, who is the founder of the Just Us Book Club.
Lisa says she wants blacks to tell their own origin stories.
Lisa talks about the difficulty of keeping family continuity.
Participants
- Lisa Henry Horne
- Kiplyn Primus