Michael Turner Interview

Meda Okelo

Oral History Work

Michael Turner Interview

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Interview of Michael Cortez Turner by Meda Okelo. Topics include: family moving to EPA in 1955; grooving up in EPA in the 1970s and 1980s; schooling and memorable teachers; cultural experiences at Brentwood and Garden Oaks; learning music at his father’s church; what ignited his interest in music; community musicians he played with; Black entrepreneurship in EPA; childhood activities; negative effects of being bussed to Woodside; perspective on incorporation; notable people; being a church musician; forming the Peninsula Interfaith Community Choir; his family; teaching music in the Ravenswood City School District and the East Palo Alto Boys Choir in the 1990s; working at EPACenter; vision for EPA; and EPA’s Hip Hop Culture.

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