Interview with Tershant Smith, September 14, 2023

Collection: Athens Oral History Project

Dublin Core

Subject

African Americans--History

Athens Black History

African American women

African American veterans

Women veterans

United States. Army--Soldiers

Nonprofit organizations

Homelessness

Motherhood

Community organization

Description

Tershant Rhodes Smith was born in Greene County in 1974. She graduated from Greene-Taliaferro High School in 1993 before enlisting in the United States Army. After becoming pregnant with her daughter she decided to leave the army to begin a more stable career in Athens. Since then she has opened two personal care homes and served as the project director of the First Step Homeless Encampment. In this interview she discusses her education and upbringing in Greene County, her career as an entrepreneur, and her involvement with First Step.

Creator

Tershant Smith

William Breeding

Date

2023-9-14

Identifier

rbrl361aohp-150

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Location

Athens, Georgia

Duration

67 minutes

Repository

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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Citation

Tershant Smith and William Breeding, “Interview with Tershant Smith, September 14, 2023,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed November 5, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL361AOHP/rbrl361aohp-150.