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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...