{"id":69,"date":"2023-08-04T18:14:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2024-10-04T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:50:10","slug":"vida-h-timbers-carson-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/vida-h-timbers-carson-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Vida H. Timbers Carson, 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/node\/1350108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0005-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" style=\"width:359px;height:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0005-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0005-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0005-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/890\/2023\/08\/HollyExhibit20230801_0005.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><sup>Vida H. Timbers Carson, 1945<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carson was one of three Black graduates in the class of 1945. While on campus, Carson initiated and organized conferences and visitations between Mount Holyoke and Howard University. She also organized an interracial conference at Mount Holyoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carson majored in history. Reflecting on her time at Mount Holyoke, she wrote that none of the courses touched even lightly upon Black people but there was no outright protestation for at the time it was not a popular thing to be Black. Carson remembered feeling a part of the college community; however, she had to remind her classmates that she was Black and not just one of the girls. There were only six or seven Black women on the entire campus and among themselves they supplied moral support. Finally, in response to the question of how Mount Holyoke affected her, she said she felt academically challenged and thoroughly enjoyed that \u201cmeaningful experience.\u201d&nbsp;*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<em>1973 Interview with Lynne A. Johnson&nbsp; for History 265 \u201cBlack and White Americans\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carson was one of three Black graduates in the class of 1945. While on campus, Carson initiated and organized conferences and visitations between Mount Holyoke and Howard University. She also organized an interracial conference at Mount Holyoke. Carson majored in history. Reflecting on her time at Mount Holyoke, she wrote that none of the courses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2199,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-nosidebar.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/blackhistoryatmhc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}