1. What is your name? Maiden and Marriage (if applicable)
a. Crystal Ellis (Maiden)
b. Crystal Cole (Marriage)
2. Where were you born?
a. Batesville, MS
3. Where did you grow up?
a. Batesville, MS
4. What were your parents names and occupations?
a. Father- Willie B. Ellis
b. Mother- Lucielle
5. What was your life like growing up as a black girl in Batesville?
a. I had an okay childhood.
6. Did you ever encounter racism? Explain?
a. Very Little. Our school made sure that the differences among black students and white students were known.
7. What, if anything, do you remember your parents telling you about race?
a. It’s the color of a person’s skin
b. Don’t worry about what they got just be thankful for what you have (referring to the white race)
8. What did your parents tell you or instill in you regarding being a woman, specifically a black woman?
a. Be proud, and that I could do anything that I wanted.
9. Did you attend school? Yes or No, why or why not?
a. Yes, I graduated from high school
b. I also attended college
10. What was it like in school for you as a black female?
a. Very good, I was in all the excel classes (only black girl). I was popular with both races and had a lot of friends.
11. Did you graduate and attend college? [Ask questions here to get more info regarding education ect.]
a. Yes.
12. Did you get married? To who? When? [Ask about the circumstances]
a. Yes, I married James Cole Sr.
13. Did you have any children? Yes or No? How many? Why? Was this a choice or just happened? If no children, you could ask them why they chose not to or was it medical reasons.
a. Yes, I have five.
14. Ask them about their adult life and what it was like living as a black woman?
a. In Batesville it wasn’t the best but I made the best of it.
b. I was one of the first black nurses so I had to do what I needed to take care of my family.
15. Ask them if there are any specific stories that they would like to share regarding their adulthood life and being a black woman
a. It didn’t happen to me but it happened to one of my children in high school. One of my daughters was supposed to win the homecoming queen and because three young black ladies had won the previous years they gave it to a white young lady.
16. What do you think about people dating outside of their race? Black men marrying white women and black women marrying white men?
a. If it makes them happy then why should it bother me?
17. What issues do you think most affect black Americans today?
a. Black men in prison
b. Women and single family homes
b. Drugs and alcohol
c. Medicare issues
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