Lawson, Bill (Farmer), interviewee. Cox, Anna-Lisa, interviewer, photographer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. sound recording Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Digital images lcgft Sound recordings. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Interviews. lcgft eng Bill Lawson discusses farming his family land in southern Michigan that has been in his family since before the Civil War. He also speaks about family history, land ownership, segregation, racial identity, service in the Army, moving barns onto the land, and farming methods. Includes an audio tour of the farm and barns. Recording is impeded from noise from the wind. Recorded at the home of William Lawson, Van Buren, Michigan, October 14, 2019. Multigenerational African-Descended Farmers of the Midwest: Surviving Erasure: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2019-2021 (AFC 2019/028:015), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Lawson, Bill (Farmer)--Interviews. African American farmers--Interviews. African American farmers--Middle West. African American farmers--Michigan. Agriculture--Middle West. Farm life--Middle West. Organic farming. Family farms. Racism. Colorism. Fugitive slaves. Freed persons. Slavery--United States. Dairy farming. Multigenerational African-Descended Farmers of the Midwest: Surviving Erasure: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2019-2021 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2019028.afc2019028_015_sr01 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.