Actress and singer Diahann Carroll describes hog killing time in this fourth of ten excerpts from the NVLP Oral History Archive. To learn more about Diahann Carroll, visit www.visionaryproject.org/carro...
Yes...this is exactly the experiences in the southern states of Va , NC. I share that experience as well. Lots of hard work on the farm /property....it built my character and gave me true grit. Priceless...Love it. .
I'm country. Have lived in major U S cities and feel that growing up in the country made my character and sense of integrity stronger. Hearing her discuss her experiences brings back so many fond memories. RIP🙏🏾Diahann Carroll
I grew up watching Julia on TV, it was ahead of it's time and an inspiration to young and old Blacks , not accustomed to seeing ourselves in roles of professionals on TV, even though I had Registered Nurses, Teachers, Social Workers , Dentists in my own extended family. As an African American, I am the first in my nuclear family to graduate college; others followed after. I remember watching "Claudia", with Diahann Carroll , James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and an amazing cast of young actors and actresses, that movie touched home because I grew up with women who worked and did the best they could to raise their children. Three things you were always told by my mother growing up: " Finish school/Get a Job, Don't bring no babies in Here unless you are married; and I am not going to see nobody in any jail". God Bless her heart, my mother will be 83 years old this year, and all 4 of us daughters did exactly that. RIP Dear Ms. Carroll, I will never forget you.
I'm glad somebody said it. She was beautiful and a wonderful actress. I loved her in Claudine. But, I kept seeing the words " classy & example " And I thought to myself yes, maybe later in life.. But when she was having affair, she was just like er' body else in Hollywood. Married several times vic damone and dated everybody from Sammy Davis Jr, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, to The Godfather, Marlon Brando .
