Interview of five children of Pastor/Superintendent W.L. Bains and their spouses by Meda Okelo about the Bains Family Legacy. Interviewed: William Dante Bains, Patricia Atwater Bains, Richard L. Bains, Dr. Maxine Amalia Mesa Bains, Roosevelt C. Matthews, Rebecca Matthews, Philip L. Oney, Dr. Mary Bains Oney, Paul Jeremiah Bains and Cheryl Marie Bains. Topics include: father W.L. Bains, religious traditions, value of education, furniture store in Nairobi Shopping Center, Nairobi College, community activism, home ownership, self determination, Bains Moving & Storage & local hiring, St. Samuel's Church and its projects including credit union and helping the homeless, Project We Hope, New Sweet Hope Church, impact of Hewlett Neighborhood Improvement Initiative, and others.

Última modificación

• 06/25/2024

Creator

• Meda Okelo

Colaboradores

• Cheryl Marie Bains
• Roosevelt C. Matthews
• Patricia Atwater Bains
• Dr. Mary Bains Oney
• William Dante Bains
• Paul Jeremiah Bains
• Rebecca Matthews
• Richard L. Bains
• Dr. Maxine Amalia Mesa Bains
• Philip L. Oney

Subject

• One East Palo Alto
• St. Samuel's Church
• Barbara Mouton
• Larry Atwater
• Project We Hope
• Elder Macklin
• Bob Hoover
• Paul Jeremiah Bains
• W.L. Bains
• People's Plaza
• Dr. Faye McNair-Knox
• Charles Jones
• Dr. Omowale Satterwhite
• Dr. Mary Bains Oney
• Patricia Atwater Bains
• Don Smothers
• Roy Adger
• Vulindlela Wobogo
• Rebecca Matthews
• Sharon Williams
• Lovie Lewis
• Philip L. Oney
• College Track
• Bread of Life
• Nairobi Shopping Center
• Richard L. Bains
• Ecumenical Hunger
• William Dante Bains
• Ravenswood Health Clinic
• Gertrude Wilks
• Roosevelt C. Matthews
• Cheryl Marie Bains
• Dr. Maxine Amalia Mesa Bains

Language

• English

Date created

• 3/25/2023

Related url

•  https://vimeo.com/850688673

Resource type

• Oral History

Rights statement

• EPA Rights Statement