African American household employees
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Etheline Ross Cochran memoir
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2375
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 44-page typescript and hand script draft memoir, with some annotations and corrections. Entitled "Brown Eyes," Etheline Ross Cochran describes her life in New Orleans as a mother of fourteen children. Working a variety of jobs throughout her life, Cochran describes life as part of the working poor in New Orleans, including glimpses of life as a domestic worker and life in the Desire Projects. Also included are handwritten testimonies from three persons close to...
Dates:
Created: 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1994; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/1996
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Etheline Ross Cochran memoir
Yes Ma'am collection
Collection
Identifier: 400
Content Description
This collection contains the raw footage and interviews for the documentary Yes Ma'am: Household Domestic Workers in New Orleans, which was directed and produced by Gary Goldman and was sponsored by the Amistad Research Center. The film provides an in-depth look at the profession of domestic service, race relations, injustice, and the importance of religion in the lives of domestic workers. The old order is contrasted with the new, in which the more militant...
Dates:
Other: 1979-1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Yes Ma'am collection