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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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...