Interview with Candace Sheats, June 6, 2022

Collection: Athens Oral History Project

Dublin Core

Subject

African Americans--History

Athens Black History

African American women

African American business enterprises

African American barbers

African American families

Families

Description

Candace Sheats was born in Crawford, Georgia in 1943 and later moved to Athens, Georgia in the fourth grade. She attended West Broad Elementary, Reese Street Middle School, and Athens High and Industrial School before attending Morris Brown College. In this interview, Sheats reflects on her childhood in Athens as well as her husband Herman Sheats and their business, Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop. She also describes the once entirely Black neighborhood of West Hancock Corridor and its historical legacy.

Creator

Candace Sheats

William Breeding

Date

2022-06-06

Identifier

RBRL361AOHP-052

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Location

Athens, Georgia

Duration

53 minutes

Repository

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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Citation

Candace Sheats and William Breeding, “Interview with Candace Sheats, June 6, 2022,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed April 26, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL361AOHP/RBRL361AOHP-052.