An Interview With My Grandma In The 1960's

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My Grandma was born in 1942 and lived through the 1960’s. For this project, I interviewed Carol Katz my Grandma on my Dad’s side of the family. I learned that the 1960’s was a really interesting time. My Grandma was in her twenties in the 1960’s and she stated that this decade was a crucial part of her life. During the 1960’s she gave birth to my father, graduated College, got married and worked a lot of part-time jobs. During this interview, I learned a lot about my family and its ethnicity and where I came from. I learned that my Grandma didn’t believe in a white majority and she fought for equal rights. She was part of an organization called C.O.R.E (Congress of Racial Equality) and she traveled to Baltimore, Maryland to protest. In our …show more content…

She lived in a small apartment which she shared with her whole family plus her grandparents. My Grandma stated that she was not that wealthy and she was a few steps up from poor. Every day she would go to her Uncles laundry shoot and eat rye sandwiches and wait for her laundry to dry. My Grandma kept kosher and shared a room with her sister. She said that every day she would watch sundown and she said it was so enlightening. My Grandma really enjoyed to read, her favorite book in the sixties was The Man in The Iron Mask. When my Grandma was 12 she was in the 7th Grade. She lived on Widen Boulevard between Hinsdale and Sneditcer. She used to walk to her Junior College Gershwin (named after George Gershwin). She said that the bathrooms were in the hallways. She used to walk to school and she said that she had a bus pass if it rained but that everything was walking. My Grandma had a lovely and amazing time in the 1960’s. My Grandma fell in love with my Grandpa in 1964 and later got engaged. My Grandpa loved her so dearly that he proposed three weeks later. My Grandma later took the next step in her life by having my father, Howard Michael Katz. My Grandma said that times were different back then and that most women did not finish college so they could get married to their boyfriends. During this project, I learned that the 1960’s were not just harsh conditions and I learned that it was not just about Civil

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