Abstract
In this 2025 interview, longtime East Cleveland resident Mother Mary Hopper recounts her early life in the Jim Crow South. She describes her experiences with farming, education, church life, and community support in rural South Carolina before moving to Baltimore in the mid-1950s. Hopper explains her eventual relocation to Cleveland in 1958, and her pursuit of higher education and a nursing career while raising children. She details purchasing her East Cleveland home in 1975, and the decades of neighborhood change she witnessed.
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Interviewee
Hopper, Mary (interviewee)
Interviewer
Mays, Nicholas S. (interviewer)
Project
East Cleveland
Date
9-23-2025
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
69 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Mary Hopper interview, 23 September 2025" (2025). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 757007.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1404
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