In 2017 thirty-six interviews were conducted with the students and teachers of the segregated Fairfield High School in rural Fairfield County, South Carolina, help to shed light not just on the experience of race and exclusion, but also on the texture of daily life in one of these caring communities. The interviews were conducted by USC students and faculty from the USC Department of Oral History and describe community, family, educational experiences, and race relations in Winnsboro, Ridgeway, Simpson and surrounding areas of Fairfield County, South Carolina.
