https://beloitdigitalarchives.com/HistoryHarvest/files/original/31518c35ae2390603981d210eb37f830.pdf 3dd4cb71e729d78c6e2d0afa6487886d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beverly Bond Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02.02.001 Title A name given to the resource Beverly Bond Oral History Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Beverly Bond Subject The topic of the resource Family, Jobs, Fairbanks-Morse, Activism, Black community, Family of origin, Schooling, Black Church Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/22/2019 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Beloit, Wisconsin; Pheba, Mississippi Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Fiona Cismesia Description An account of the resource This entry is an oral history of Beverly Bond, conducted by Fiona Cismesia on March 22, 2019. In this interview, Ms.Bond describes her childhood in Beloit as an active member of New Zion Baptist Church and attendee of Beloit Memorial high school. After graduation, she left Beloit to study at the University of Southern Illinois and later lived in Ohio for a majority of her life. Her childhood was mainly spent on Pleasant St in Beloit, as her family owned and lived in three homes on the block. Ms. Bond is the granddaughter of Joseph Alexander Johnson, who is one of three brothers that migrated to Beloit in March of 1917 from Pheba, Mississippi. These three brothers, Andrew James Johnson Jr, Joseph Alexander Johnson, and Wade Hampton Johnson, worked at Fairbanks Morse, and then, in the 1920s, opened and ran the Johnson Grocery Store. The Johnson family are well known in Beloit for their active involvement in the Black community.