Oral History of Beverly Stark, interviewed by Noah Dubois, 3 April 2021

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Title

Oral History of Beverly Stark, interviewed by Noah Dubois, 3 April 2021

Description

Beverly Stark was born in Lansing, MI. She joined the Dominican Sisters of Adrian after completing her junior year in high school. Vatican II and the civil rights movement framed her formative years. Stark remembers an immersive experience working with farmworkers in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico that was key to her understanding of a capitalist economy and its consequences. In 1974, Stark and her friend, Sister Mary Trzasko, moved to Cincinnati, OH. to work at the St James Church outreach center. For the next ten years, they engaged in grassroots organizing. In 1985, Stark and Trzasko moved to Beaufort, SC., where they resided for thirty years. There, Stark worked with the Upward Bound Program with the Technical College of the Lowcountry, and Trzasko founded the after-school program, Thumbs Up. After retirement, they moved to Charleston and became members of St. Patrick Church. They continued working in social justice and got involved with the Charleston Area Justice Ministry and Charleston Alliance for Fair Employment. In 2019, Stark and her lifelong friend moved back to Adrian.

Publisher

The Citadel Archives and Museum

Date

Rights

Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409.

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1641

Coverage

Charleston (S.C.)

Duration

76 minutes

Interviewer

Noah Dubois

Interviewee

Beverly Stark

Collection

Citation

The Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel, “Oral History of Beverly Stark, interviewed by Noah Dubois, 3 April 2021,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1641.