Rufus Puckett, Jr. Interview

Meda Okelo

Oral History Work

Rufus Puckett, Jr. Interview

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Interview of Rufus Puckett, Jr. by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migration from San Francisco to Fordham Street in EPA in 1967; EPA in the 60s; RCSD schooling and Ravenswood High School (1 year); demographics of schools; Ravenswood High School culture; EPA in the 70s; local businesses in Nairobi Shopping Center; effect of drugs in EPA, especially on himself, media influences, local businesses (like the Nairobi Shopping Center) and the churches; teacher’s aide at Nairobi Day School in 1975-76; youth sports and some who became professionals; incorporation and the Municipal Council; changing name EPA to Nairobi; crime in the years after incorporation; demographic changes in the 90s as Blacks moved out; why his family stayed; and future EPA demographics.

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