Interview with the granddaughter of Oakwood University's first president, J.I. Beardsley

Laura (Beardsley) Long is the granddaughter of Oakwood University's first president, James Irving Beardsley. Her father is Eldred Beardsley who was present on Oakwood's campus as an adolescent during his fathers tenure. Laura shares in this interview her memories of her father and a snippet of a bio sketch he wrote about his father's time at Oakwood. Laura also shares her experience in Jacksonville, Florida during the integration of the Duval County public school system. She is a retired teacher and secretary and current member of the Rochester, MN SDA church.
Source material for this interview came from the following sources:
Adventist Heritage - Vol. 17, No.1
scholarsrepository.llu.edu/ad...
Oakwood University Magazine, Spring 2016
www.oakwood.edu/zPublic/publi...
Make Bright the Memories by Eugenia Cartwright Cunningham 1954
www.amazon.com/memories-Eugen...
Franklin Henry Bryant
blackthen.com/meet-franklin-b...
For all things regarding Black SDA History
www.blacksdahistory.org
/ @blacksdahistory
Additional Source:
ESDA | Beardsley, James Irving (1879-1942) (adventist.org)

[@opald4321]

Thank you both, Laura Long and James Hill, for providing fascinating insights into history, in general, and Seventh-Day Adventist history in particular.

[@vangylundstrom7646]

Our SDA school at Lacombe, Alberta, has had quite a few name changes. It was Canadian Junior College when my mother attended. When I attended it was Canadian Union College which became Canadian University College in 1997. As of May 1, 2015, the school is now Burman University, named after the original founder. Thanks so much Dr. James Hill M.D., and Laura Long for sharing this very interesting presentation.

[@sstilsons]

Those are awesome stories! History is fascinating, and Vesteria and I never knew a lot of those interesting tidbits about African-American history!