Pernella Anderson
Pernella Mae Center Anderson (1903–1980) was an African American interviewer for the Federal Writers' Project. She was from El Dorado, Arkansas.[1] She was the only African American woman in Arkansas to interview former slaves.[2] She went on to teach in Detroit.
References[edit]
- ^ Encyclopedia of Arkansas
- ^ John M. Giggie (21 November 2007). After Redemption: Jim Crow and the Transformation of African American Religion in the Delta, 1875-1915. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-19-530404-6.
Categories:
- People of the New Deal arts projects
- African-American schoolteachers
- Schoolteachers from Arkansas
- 20th-century American women educators
- People from El Dorado, Arkansas
- 1903 births
- 1980 deaths
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century African-American women
- 20th-century African-American politicians
- 20th-century American politicians