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1. Al Edwards interview (26:44)

Al Edwards interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Representative Al Edwards describes segregation in Houston when he was a child, and how Riverside has changed since then. He discusses the impact of high property values in the area on home buying....

2. Alfred J. and Edward B. Kahn interview (12:59)

Alfred J. and Edward B. Kahn interview
Date:
1985-10-20
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Alfred and Edward Kahn discuss living in Riverside as children and the changes that have taken place in the neighborhood since then. They comment on why white residents left Riverside as Black resi...

3. Alvin Zimmerman interview (09:34)

Alvin Zimmerman interview
Date:
1985-11-03
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Alvin Zimmerman shares memories of growing up in Riverside in the 1950s, and the sense of safety he felt. He discusses "white flight" in Riverside, and the role of the bayou as a racial boundary in...

4. Andrew C. Sorelle, Jr., interview (09:44)

Andrew C. Sorelle, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-04
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Andrew C. Sorelle, Jr., shares memories of growing up in Riverside. He describes the neighborhood as being rundown, compared to how it used to be.

5. Ann Sakowitz interview (06:35)

Ann Sakowitz interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Ann Sakowitz discusses the Sakowitz home in Riverside.

6. Anna and Jacob S. Waldman interview (12:08)

Anna and Jacob S. Waldman interview
Date:
1985-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Anna and Jacob S. Waldman share memories of their former Riverside residence, and the factors involved in their decision to leave Riverside.

7. Anthony and Carolyn Hall interview (13:47)

Anthony and Carolyn Hall interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Councilman Anthony Hall and Carolyn Hall about their early impressions of Riverside, and their eventual move to the neighborhood. Councilman Hall discusses his reaction to the county...

8. Anthony Chase interview (16:11)

Anthony Chase interview
Date:
1985-11-03
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Anthony Chase about growing up in Riverside Terrace. He describes the makeup of the neighborhood as largely Black professionals. Chase gives several examples of the great pride peopl...

9. Arnett Cobb interview (10:19)

Arnett Cobb interview
Date:
1985-11-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Arnett Cobb plays "Down by the Riverside." He describes the house (now the Groovey Grill) he is being interviewed in. When he was a child, his mother was in domestic service in the home, and he wou...

10. Audrey and William Lawson interview (13:59)

Audrey and William Lawson interview
Date:
1987-05-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Rev. Lawson and his wife, Mrs. Lawson, in which they discuss what brought them to Riverside. Rev. and Mrs. Lawson discuss the threat of institutions like the University of Houston an...

11. Avrohm Wisenberg interview (18:31)

Avrohm Wisenberg interview
Date:
1985-10-31
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Avrohm Wisenberg recalls moving to Riverside as a child, and talks about the extent to which Riverside was a Jewish neighborhood. He talks about the different synagogues in Riverside and how they s...

12. Bettye White interview (09:19)

Bettye White interview
Date:
1985-11-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Bettye White talks about moving to Riverside and joining St. James' Episcopal Church. She discusses the reception of Black residents into the church community. She talks about the migration of Blac...

13. Billy B. Goldberg interview (17:38)

Billy B. Goldberg interview
Date:
1985-11-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Billy B. Goldberg regarding his move to Riverside, and the home he eventually built there. He discusses the large-scale move of Jewish residents out of Riverside and into the Meyerla...

14. Bitsy Proler interview (25:49)

Bitsy Proler interview
Date:
1985-11-10
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Bitsy Proler recalls why she moved to Riverside in 1953. She discusses affluence in the Jewish community during this time, specifically as it pertained to Jewish women. She discusses her own entry ...

15. C. M. Malone, Jr., interview (14:39)

C. M. Malone, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
C. M. Malone, Jr., talks about how Riverside Terrace came to be, and compares Riverside to River Oaks. The two are described as very similar. He discusses the breaking of deed restrictions over tim...

16. Carman Family interview (30:28)

Carman Family interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with members of the Carman family: Max, Libby, Kathleen, Doug. They describe the factors that led them to move to Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. Carman relate stories from their past that led th...

17. Carman Family interview (20:04)

Carman Family interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with members of the Carman family: Max, Libby, Kathleen, Doug. Libby Carman continues her description of the "This Is Our Home" sign movement. Max describes the impact of the sign campaig...

18. Cebe Sue Barnett interview (12:02)

Cebe Sue Barnett interview
Date:
1985-11-01
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Cebe Sue Barnett about growing up in Riverside Terrace. She describes a close-knit community. She notes the changes in the neighborhood, specifically mentioning the impact of the hig...

19. Cherie Bourgin interview (26:58)

Cherie Bourgin interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Cherie Bourgin describes her family's move from Illinois, and their decision to settle in Riverside, despite some surprise on the part of members of the University of Houston. She describes many of...

20. Clarice Freeman interview (12:00)

Clarice Freeman interview
Date:
1985-10-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Clarice Freeman about her family's move into the Riverside neighborhood. She talks about Joe Russell, and his role with the civic club. Freeman also discusses the continued role of d...

21. Clen Del Vance, Sr., interview (23:26)

Clen Del Vance, Sr., interview
Date:
1985-10-20
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Clen Del Vance, Sr., shares memories of the Jack Caesar bombing, and how it related to southern justice. He talks about his background as a postal worker, and what it meant socially to be a postal ...

22. Dan Pulaski interview (10:10)

Dan Pulaski interview
Date:
1985-11-10
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Dan Pulaski traces the movement of people from north to south of the bayou, based on affluence. He talks about Riverside's perception, and the prominent Jewish families in the area. He talks about ...

23. David Westheimer interview (02:26)

David Westheimer interview
Date:
1986-10-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
David Westheimer talks about skating on North MacGregor as a teenager. He shares memories of the bayou.

24. Donald Caesar interview (18:30)

Donald Caesar interview
Date:
1985-11-01
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Donald Caesar discusses the reaction of the Riverside community when his family moved in as the first Black family. He tells the story of the neighbors all pooling money and making an offer to purc...

25. Donald Hill interview (19:43)

Donald Hill interview
Date:
1985-10-12
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Donald Hill about the role of lending institutions in the Riverside neighborhood. He notes that lenders have not served the Black residents of the Riverside neighborhood well, and sp...

26. Dora Finger interview (19:35)

Dora Finger interview
Date:
1985-10-16
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Dora Finger about her experience living in Riverside. She discusses neighborhood children, and the many large parties and holiday gatherings she hosted. Finger describes the integrat...

27. Drew Robins interview (16:42)

Drew Robins interview
Date:
1985-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Drew Robins discusses how his family came to live in Riverside. He describes what it was like to grow up in Riverside in the 1950s and 1960s, and the sense of security he felt. He talks about how b...

28. Edith Eisner interview (09:04)

Edith Eisner interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Edith Eisner about her move to Riverside in 1960 as it was integrating, despite her friend's dismay. She discusses the "This Is Our Home" yard sign initiative. She also talks about a...

29. Edward and Elouise Loonam interview (11:07)

Edward and Elouise Loonam interview
Date:
1985-10-20
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Elouise Loonam discusses her family ties to Riverside, and Edward Loonam discusses farming in the area. Eloise describes S. MacGregor as pretentious.

30. Elwyn Lee and Sheila Jackson Lee interview (22:33)

Elwyn Lee and Sheila Jackson Lee interview
Date:
1985-10-21
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Elwyn Lee begins the interview by discussing what it was like to grow up in Houston in the 1950s and 1960s, describing Houston as very segregated at that time. Sheila Jackson Lee describes Riversid...

31. Elwyn Lee interview (09:34)

Elwyn Lee interview
Date:
1985-10-21
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Elwyn Lee discusses the effects of institutional encroachments on the Black population in the neighborhood.

32. Eve France interview (02:58)

Eve France interview
Date:
1985-11-01
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Eve France about growing up in Riverside, and her perception of it as a transplant from New York.

33. Evelyn B. and Peter Thornton interview (19:49)

Evelyn B. and Peter Thornton interview
Date:
1985-10-24/1985-10-26
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Evelyn and Peter Thornton talk about living north of the bayou, and moving due to all the apartment homes that were built in that area. They characterize their current area south of the bayou as fr...

34. Faurice Edwin Prince and Jessie Lee Prince interview (20:21)

Faurice Edwin Prince and Jessie Lee Prince interview
Date:
1985-11-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
The Princes discuss the origin of the Groovey Grill, and how they chose the Calumet location. They describe wanting to open an establishment for Black citizens to be able to frequent. They go on to...

35. Frances Rich interview (26:38)

Frances Rich interview
Date:
1985-10-31
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Frances Rich talks about how she and her husband came to live in Riverside. She discusses the role of the civic club and the yard sign movement. She describes the fear surrounding integration, and ...

36. Frances Rich interview (06:18)

Frances Rich interview
Date:
1985-10-31
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Frances Rich describes how she and her neighbors wanted to set an example with Riverside and create a community in the South that had no racial barriers, a neighborhood that would be integrated but...

37. Frank Goldberg interview (05:22)

Frank Goldberg interview
Date:
1985-10-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Frank Goldberg about the perception of the changes in the neighborhood being a tragedy, though he does not view it that way. Goldberg relates a story of his family's move to the Brae...

38. Fredell Lack-Eichhorn interview (19:44)

Fredell Lack-Eichhorn interview
Date:
1985-11-03
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Fredell Lack-Eichhorn about what motivated her to live in Riverside. She describes what it was like in the 1950s when they moved in, as homes were still being constructed and how the...

39. Gaylen Harris and Bill Bardwell interview (08:48)

Gaylen Harris and Bill Bardwell interview
Date:
1985-10-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Gaylen Harris and Bill Bardwell discuss their experience as the first white residents to move onto their block in Riverside. They relate their experience moving in as a white, same-sex couple. The...

40. George A. Martin interview (19:56)

George A. Martin interview
Date:
1987-11-22
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
George Martin discusses the decision to live north of the Bayou because of its convenience. He said many people chose to move south of the bayou when the neighborhood became more racially mixed, bu...

41. George McElroy interview (11:17)

George McElroy interview
Date:
1985-10-26
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
George McElroy discusses the Jack Caesar bombing. McElroy describes the white community as reacting to the bombing with shame and the Black community reacting to the bombing with anger. McElroy thi...

42. George Washington, Jr., interview (08:23)

George Washington, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
George Washington, Jr., describes how he became a patron of the Groovey Grill. He talks about what the Groovey Grill represents for the community, and the restaurant's impact on the community.

43. Gregg and Anita O'Neil interview (11:58)

Gregg and Anita O'Neil interview
Date:
1985-10-30
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Drs. Gregg and Anita O'Neil talk about the decision to live in a predominantly Black neighborhood. They talk about safety and living close to more crime-ridden neighborhoods.

44. Harry Brochstein interview (06:15)

Harry Brochstein interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Harry Brochstein talks about developing Alconbury Lane during the Korean War. He reflects on how Riverside was transformed from a prairie into a subdivision. He talks about how integration had a ne...

45. Harry Taylor interview (11:54)

Harry Taylor interview
Date:
1985-10-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Harry Taylor talks about the bayou as a natural boundary between white and Black residents in Riverside. Taylor talks about the different realtors in Riverside, and the lack of Black realtors. He t...

46. Hattie Mae White interview (20:46)

Hattie Mae White interview
Date:
1985-11-10
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Hattie Mae White discusses moving from the Third Ward to Riverside. She talks about having to move out of her Southmore home due to the construction of Texas State Highway 288. She talks about the ...

47. Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King interview (11:35)

Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King interview
Date:
1988-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Holly Hogrobrooks and Otis King about the sit-in protest at Weingarten's supermarket. Hogrobrooks begins by discussing the history of sit-in protests in Houston, beginning with Texas...

48. Hortense Dixon interview (21:18)

Hortense Dixon interview
Date:
1985-11-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Dr. Hortense Dixon describes her concerns about the Harris County Psychiatric Center that is under construction in the neighborhood, and the role of city government in the decision. She gives her v...

49. Hyman Schachtel interview (18:01)

Hyman Schachtel interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Rabbi Hyman Schachtel talks about integration, and says that for white residents to object to integration was for them to violate the highest teachings of any religion. He talks about the efforts h...

50. I. B. Kahn and Mary Jane Thompson interview (10:25)

I. B. Kahn and Mary Jane Thompson interview
Date:
1985-10-16
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
I. B. Kahn recites poetry. He goes on to describe his former Riverside residence. Mary Jane Thompson shares memories of growing up in Riverside.

51. J. B. Jones interview (05:49)

J. B. Jones interview
Date:
1985-10-18
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Dr. J. B. Jones discussing the Weingarten's supermarket sit-in protest, and the decision to have the sit-in protest at Weingarten's due to its proximity to Texas Southern University.

52. J. B. Jones interview (26:18)

J. B. Jones interview
Date:
1985-10-18
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Dr. J. B. Jones describing how "whites were tipping out" and "blacks were tipping in" when he moved to Riverside in 1959. He discusses the move from north to south of the bayou for p...

53. J. C. Nickens interview (18:46)

J. C. Nickens interview
Date:
1985-11-09
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
J. C. Nickens discusses why he chose to buy a home in Riverside and what the real estate market was like in Houston in the late 1970s. He discusses the decisions to place the Harris County Psychiat...

54. Jack Heard, Sr., interview (17:13)

Jack Heard, Sr., interview
Date:
1985-11-04
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Jack Heard, Sr. about his role in the Jack Caesar bombing case. He describes how he and other detectives traced the evidence to identify Carl "Red" Davis and George Howell as the bom...

55. Jack Shannon interview (06:12)

Jack Shannon interview
Date:
1985-10-24
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jack Shannon talks about what made Riverside special and why he chose Riverside as a place of residence. He describes an exodus once Black residents began moving into Riverside.

56. Jack Weingarten interview (24:01)

Jack Weingarten interview
Date:
1985-11-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jack Weingarten recalls moving from north to south of the bayou as a child. He describes playing around the bayou and seeing baptisms take place there. He recalls playing in the Kuhlmann Cemetery b...

57. James Donatto interview (19:09)

James Donatto interview
Date:
1985-10-30
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
James Donatto describes the history of his home, built on property originally purchased by Stephen F. Austin, and inhabited by several notable people. He discusses the construction of the Harris Co...

58. James L. Tucker interview (13:48)

James L. Tucker interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Father Jim Tucker, discussing the racial makeup of his congregation at St. James' Episcopal Church., and the problem of being neither a wholly Black nor white congregation in the com...

59. James M. Douglas interview (10:38)

James M. Douglas interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Texas Southern University School of Law Dean, James Douglas, who describes his decision to live in Riverside. Douglas believes more university faculty and staff should live in the ne...

60. James, Michael, and John Tucker interview (23:24)

James, Michael, and John Tucker interview
Date:
1986-07-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jim and John Tucker talk about moving to Riverside as adolescents in 1968, when their father became pastor of St. James' Episcopal Church. John Tucker talks about feeling included by his Black clas...

61. Jane S. Self interview (06:08)

Jane S. Self interview
Date:
1986-07-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jane Self discusses her childhood and the bullying her son experienced in Riverside which precipitated their move out of the neighborhood.

62. Jim McConn, Johnny Goyen, and Bill Archer interview (27:48)

Jim McConn, Johnny Goyen, and Bill Archer interview
Date:
1985-11-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
McConn, former mayor of Houston, credits the peacefulness of Riverside's integration to the Black community and its leadership. McConn predicts that with some repair, Riverside could become one of ...

63. Joe Russell interview (22:16)

Joe Russell interview
Date:
1985-10-21
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Joe Russell describes how his family came to live in the Riverside area. He talks about how integration affected the neighborhood, and how long it took it took the different sides of the bayou to b...

64. John and Drucie Chase interview (22:52)

John and Drucie Chase interview
Date:
1985-11-03
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with John and Drucie Chase about their decision to move to Riverside Terrace in the 1950s. They discuss the purchase of the lot, and design of their home, and the reaction of white neighb...

65. John M. McGinty interview (09:38)

John M. McGinty interview
Date:
1985-11-01
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jack McGinty, who used to live where Texas State Highway 288 is now, talks about changes in the neighborhood. McGinty discusses childhood sports rivalries, and playing along the bayou. He discusses...

66. Jon Lindsay interview (08:00)

Jon Lindsay interview
Date:
1985-10-23
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Jon Lindsay lived in Riverside from 1964 to 1970. His family left Riverside because his family wanted to move to the countryside and bought a house in Tomball. He talks about placing the Harris Cou...

67. Joseph Samuels interview (06:40)

Joseph Samuels interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Joseph Samuels tours sites along Almeda Road that were significant to the Jewish community. He points out the former site of Kaplan's Delicatessen, and Dushkin's Cleaners.

68. Joseph Samuels interview (20:10)

Joseph Samuels interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Joseph Samuels talks about Washington Terrace in relation to Riverside Terrace, and how the neighborhoods served the Jewish community. He talks about reactions among the Jewish community to the Jac...

69. Katherine Howe interview (09:01)

Katherine Howe interview
Date:
1985-11-09
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Katherine Howe about growing up in Riverside neighborhood, and her family's eventual move away. In particular she discusses her family and her own impressions of the changes in the a...

70. Keith Bardin interview (23:52)

Keith Bardin interview
Date:
1985-11-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Keith Bardin talks about the Riverside economy and the role St. James' Episcopal Church played in the community. He discusses Black society and community relations.

71. L. Henry Gissel, Jr., interview (07:58)

L. Henry Gissel, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-03
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Henry Gissel about growing up in the Riverside neighborhood in the WWII era. In particular he notes that the Jewish and non-Jewish children all played together, though some differenc...

72. L. Thain Leonard interview (12:45)

L. Thain Leonard interview
Date:
1985-11-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
L. Thain explains how his father chose a location in Riverside to settle, rather than River Oaks. He describes the trouble his mother had when she decided to try to rent our their house once the ne...

73. Leonard H. O. Spearman interview (23:42)

Leonard H. O. Spearman interview
Date:
1985-10-30
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Leonard Spearman talks about the impact of Texas Southern University on the Riverside community and the Third Ward. He talks about displacement caused by growth of the university. He makes predicti...

74. Lionel M. Schooler interview (15:09)

Lionel M. Schooler interview
Date:
1985-10-19
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Lionel Schooler shares memories of growing up in Riverside and his experiences with desegregation. He talks about the Weingarten sit-in protest, and the violent reaction his family faced when they ...

75. Loraine D. Hunsaker interview (18:27)

Loraine D. Hunsaker interview
Date:
1985-11-06
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Loraine Hunsaker shares memories of Southland Elementary School in the 1950s. She discusses how the school was a reflection of the Riverside community, and the values that were instilled in the stu...

76. Lullelia Harrison interview (04:25)

Lullelia Harrison interview
Date:
1985-10-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Lullelia Harrison about her experiences living in the Riverside neighborhood, as the first Black family on the street. She discusses her active role in the civic club, and describes ...

77. Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview (13:35)

Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Mack Hannah about his savings and loans business, and the role it played in helping Black families finance homes in Riverside. Hannah also discusses the expansion of the area univers...

78. Macy Stern interview (06:11)

Macy Stern interview
Date:
1985-10-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Macy Stern talks about how she came to run an appliance store on Almeda Road. She shares memories of befriending a local pimp. She talks about her relationship with the Black merchants in the neigh...

79. Malvina Weingarten interview (09:56)

Malvina Weingarten interview
Date:
1985-11-03
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Malvina Weingarten describes shopping for property and deciding on Riverside, and discusses the establishment of Beth Yeshurun. She goes on to discuss her neighbors in Riverside and how well they g...

80. Manning M. Mott interview (26:58)

Manning M. Mott interview
Date:
1985-10-28
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Manning M. Mott discusses the different reactions of white residents to the Black residents moving into Riverside. Mott discusses the change in the quality of city services once Riverside became a ...

81. Margie Abrams interview (13:58)

Margie Abrams interview
Date:
1985-10-17
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Interview with Margie Abrams about living in Riverside Terrace from 1950 to 1967. She describes the importance of having different types of neighbors. Abrams discusses her reaction to the "This is ...

82. Martha Terrill interview (06:36)

Martha Terrill interview
Date:
1985-10-27
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Martha Terrill shares memories of the Caesar family and the Caesar bombing. She talks about the effect of integration on St. James' Episcopal Church.

83. Marvin Zindler interview (07:27)

Marvin Zindler interview
Date:
1985-10-25
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Marvin Zindler remembers the Jack Caesar bombing. He recalls it being unusual for an event regarding Black people to make the news. He views the bombing as more of a scare tactic than an attempted ...

84. Mary Craft and Eugene Smith interview (14:43)

Mary Craft and Eugene Smith interview
Date:
1985-10-12
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Mary Craft and Eugene Smith talk about moving to Riverside from University Oaks. They talk about the emergence and impact of the Black middle class. They talk about the white perception of what it ...

85. Mary Lou Mailman interview (07:20)

Mary Lou Mailman interview
Date:
1985-10-12
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Mary Lou Mailman discusses "white flight" in the neighborhood. She voices the opinion that young children benefited from living in an integrated environment, but it was harder for adolescents. She ...

86. Michelle Barnes interview (04:25)

Michelle Barnes interview
Date:
1985-10-11
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Michelle Barnes comments on institutional encroachment in Riverside.

87. Milton Littell interview (05:37)

Milton Littell interview
Date:
1986-07-08
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Dr. Milton Littell discusses how he came up with the phrase "This is Our Home, It is Not for Sale." He says he never felt threatened and describes the people who moved into Riverside as well-cultur...

88. Nat Pryzant interview (16:02)

Nat Pryzant interview
Date:
1985-10-19
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Nat Pryzant recalls showing off Riverside to out-of-towners as the second nicest part of town, after River Oaks. He talks about the relationship his parents had with their Black neighbors. He talks...

89. P. B. Smith interview (09:23)

P. B. Smith interview
Date:
1985-10-12
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
P. B. Smith talks about the relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish residents in Riverside in the late 1950s, and the role the bayou played with regard to neighborhood demographics. He talks abo...

90. Pickup Interviews (29:28)

Pickup Interviews
Date:
1985/1986
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Katherine Howe talks about moving away from Riverside. Harry Brochstein talks about the development of Riverside. He says what upset the residents was not integration with the Black community, but ...

91. Quentin R. Mease interview (21:46)

Quentin R. Mease interview
Date:
1985-10-30
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Quentin Mease discusses the "white flight" in Riverside and the Jack Ceasar bombing. He goes on to discuss the Quentin Mease Community Hospital on N. MacGregor, which was designed to be a back-up h...

92. Ray Dickens interview (08:59)

Ray Dickens interview
Date:
1985-11-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Ray Dickens describes what Riverside was like when he lived there, and talks about the neighborhood's reaction to the bombing of Jack Caesar's home and his family moving in as the first Black famil...

93. Riva Deutser and Jeanne Mandell interview (22:40)

Riva Deutser and Jeanne Mandell interview
Date:
1985-11-04
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Riva Deutser and Jeanne Mandell describe their Riverside home, and the various additions made to it. Deutser talks about having to leave Riverside because the family felt the neighborhood was deter...

94. Robert I. Kahn interview (15:16)

Robert I. Kahn interview
Date:
1985-11-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Rabbi Robert I. Kahn discusses how he came to live in Riverside. He talks about the attitudes Jewish residents in Riverside held toward integration with the Black community. Kahn talks about the pr...

95. Robert J. and Mercedes Terry interview (25:46)

Robert J. and Mercedes Terry interview
Date:
1985-10-18
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Dr. and Mrs. Terry talk about the construction of their Riverside home, and its decor. They talk about the importance of using John Chase as architect for their home. They blame the deterioration o...

96. Robert Johnson interview (07:44)

Robert Johnson interview
Date:
1985-11-14
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Father Robert Johnson discusses what things at St. James' Episcopal Church were like when he began in the early 1950s. He says there was concern and anxiety about integration, but that the congrega...

97. Robert Sakowitz interview (13:49)

Robert Sakowitz interview
Date:
1985-11-09
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Robert Sakowitz discusses growing up in Riverside, and the changes that took place in the neighborhood as he grew older.

98. Rubye M. Johnson interview (09:10)

Rubye M. Johnson interview
Date:
1985-11-01
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Rubye Johnson talks about how she came to know some of the Jewish families in Riverside, and her impressions of them. She talks about the differences between those who chose to live north of the ba...

99. Sammye Hughes interview (21:10)

Sammye Hughes interview
Date:
1985-10-13
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Sammye Hughes shares memories of moving to Riverside as a child, and being the first Black child on her block. Hughes voices her concerns about incoming neighbors and the prices of housing in River...

100. Shirley Bannerot interview (13:44)

Shirley Bannerot interview
Date:
1985-11-07
Main contributors:
Schwartz, Jon
Summary:
Shirley Bannerot reflects on choosing Riverside as her residence, and discusses the effects on integration on the neighborhood. She talks about the civic club's involvement in starting the yard sig...