Interview Participants
Interviews were conducted for The Lebanese in Mississippi, an MFA thesis by James G. Thomas, Jr. (2020).
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Ellis Antoon
Ellis Paul Antoon
- 03.1 Ellis Antoon's father's and grandparents' origins and arrival in America
- 03.2 The beginnings of Antoon's Department Store and Ellis's Americanization as a child
- 03.3 His father's grocery stores and the African American community that traded there
- 03.4 The family's social circle and Lebanese community celebrations
- 03.5 Some ways in which the Syrian-Lebanese community was reminded they stood outside the white society
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Marie Antoon
Marie Antoon
- 04.1 Marie discusses her early memories of family in Greenwood
- 04.2 Marie on family foodways practices
- 04.3 Marie reflects on the social and economic position of Lebanese in the Delta
- 04.4 Marie recalls growing up Catholic in Mississippi
- 04.5 Marie on attitudes on race and religion
- 04.6 Marie talks about her grandparents’ journey to America (video)
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Alfred Katool, Sr.
Alfred J. Katool Sr.
- 07.1 Alfred J. Katool, Sr. talks about his family's journey to America from Mount Lebanon
- 07.2 Alfred J. Katool, Sr. discusses the early days of the Jackson Cedars of Lebanon Club
- 07.3 Alfred J. Katool, Sr. remembers his mother cooking
- 07.4 Alfred J. Katool, Sr. talks about growing up in the Jim Crow South
- 07.5 Alfred J. Katool, Sr. talks about his father opening restaurants in Jackson
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Teresa Nicholas
Teresa Nicholas
- 11.1 Teresa's understanding of why her family left Syria
- 11.2 Grandfather peddling and ending up in Mississippi
- 11.3 Father’s idea of the Lebanese immigrant experience
- 11.4 Clientele at father’s grocery store
- 11.5 Reflecting on Lebanese foodways
- 11.6 Father’s “nostalgic interest in his past”
- 11.7 Facing bigotry from within and without her own family
- 11.8 Her father’s prejudices and change
- 11.9 The Lebanese diaspora and meeting Mexican-Lebanese cousins
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Mary Louise Nosser
Mary Louise Nosser
- 12.1 Mary Louise Nosser talks about her father and mother coming to America
- 12.2 Mary Louise Nosser recalls the pride the Lebanese in Lebanon took in being Christian
- 12.3 Mary Louise Nosser discusses her mother's childhood and arranged marriage
- 12.4 Mary Louise Nosser remembers her father’s grocery store and those who traded there
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Dave Sherman
Dave Sherman
- 13.1 Dave Sherman tells about his parents' coming to America and father peddling
- 13.2 Dave Sherman tells about his father's experience after the Great Flood of 1927
- 13.3 Dave Sherman on working in the family store
- 13.4 Dave Sherman recalls both his father’s and mother’s cooking
- 13.5 Dave Sherman recalls escaping prejudice in the Delta
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Gloria Shamoun Thomas and Charles Shamoun
Gloria Shamoun Thomas and Charles Shamoun
- 14.1 Gloria Shamoun Thomas recounts the story of her mother’s family coming to America and why they stayed
- 14.2 Gloria Shamoun Thomas recalls her grandparents’ Old World customs and her parents’ responses
- 14.3 Gloria and Charles remember early days of the family grocery store
- 14.5 Gloria recalls experiencing more prejudice because of her Catholicism than because of being Lebanese
