Henry Miller

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Henry Miller

2017-10-26

Henry Miller was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1956. He grew up in a family of eleven, with five brothers and three sisters. His mother was a homemaker, and his father was worked for Uniroyal/Goodrich. Education was emphasized in the Miller home. He grew up in a close-knit community, attended Gordon Elementary School, and later went to Fairfield High School. During his sophomore year, the Fairfield County Schools integrated and he began attending Winnsboro High School. He remembers integration as being a time of tension, it was also a time learning to interact with new people and situations. After graduating from high school, Henry attended Allen University. He now serves on the Fairfield County School Board and lives in Blair, South Carolina. This oral history interview with Henry Miller on October 26, 2017 includes discussion of growing up in Winnsboro, South Carolina during segregation, his family's emphasis on education, his elementary school experience, his high school experience at Fairfield High School before and after integration, Maude Ross (FHS guidance counselor), the Uniroyal/Goodrich plant in Winnsboro, his freshman year prom, escalating tensions during his sophomore year, student-teachers from Columbia Bible College, collaboration between Fairfield Central High School and Midlands Technical College, programs that Fairfield Central High School offers its students, U.S. Rubber Company and the Winnsboro Mill Village, helping others in need, learning from his father's example, his older brother's high school experience, his daughters' high school and college experiences, the perseverance of the first integrated graduating class of Winnsboro High School, and his college experience.

Fairfield High School (Fairfield, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews

Students--South Carolina--Fairfield County (S.C.)--Social life and customs

Segregation in education--South Carolina--History

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South Carolina Digital Library

Fairfield High School (Fairfield, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews

Students--South Carolina--Fairfield County (S.C.)--Social life and customs

Segregation in education--South Carolina--History