R. Easterling: Childhood to City Council
Season 2004 Episode 901 | 57mVideo has Closed Captions
Born December 26, 1910, in Gaffney, NC, Ruth Moss was one of four children.
When she was very young, her family moved from Gaffney to Blacksburg so that her father could have a job that paid one dollar a week more than he was making. Ruth’s mother was determined that the children were going to college, whether or not they had money to send them.
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Biographical Conversations With... is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Biographical Conversations with James Goodmon was made possible by the generous support of Frank Daniels, Jr.
R. Easterling: Childhood to City Council
Season 2004 Episode 901 | 57mVideo has Closed Captions
When she was very young, her family moved from Gaffney to Blacksburg so that her father could have a job that paid one dollar a week more than he was making. Ruth’s mother was determined that the children were going to college, whether or not they had money to send them.
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Biographical Conversations With... is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Biographical Conversations with James Goodmon was made possible by the generous support of Frank Daniels, Jr.