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Rosetta Jones Vickers interviewed by Nadia Aybar and Cherrie Bush at Turner Tech in Miami, Florida. This interview is part of the Turner Tech Oral History Archive, a collection of Turner Tech students' oral history interviews that grows every year. Each year, Turner Tech students utilize their technical skills learned in the school to capture local history and honor the community's pioneer citizens. Students interview, record, transcribe and reproduce the memories of Miami residents, with a focus on civil rights.
Rosetta Jones Vickers was born and raised in Dublin, Georgia, and later moved to Miami, Florida. In this interview, she talks about her family background and her childhood in Georgia, her education background, her exerience with segregation and discrimination in the south and her memory of Van E. Blanton Elementary where she was a former principal. Virginia Key Beach and William Turner are mentioned.