Themes:
Subjects:
Whiskey Gulch, Marilyn Lucas, James Wilmore, Charles Jones, Joe Hardy, Eastside Social Club Pool Hall, QB Dyer, R.B. Jones, Ed Becks, Graves & Associates, Joseph Goodwill, Larry Graves, Jr., Barbara Mouton, Paul Primes, Gertrude Wilks, Kiwanis Club of EPA
Date of Creation or Publication:
5/6/2024
Creator
Meda Okelo
Donor
Larry Graves, Jr.
Language
English
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Interview of Larry Graves by Meda Okelo. Topics include: Migration to East Palo Alto around 1972 after Army, working in San Francisco, and moving to Menlo Park; managing the predominantly African-American, Light Tree Apartments in 1972; Kiwanis Club of EPA; living in the Gardens neighborhood in the 1980’s; leaving EPA in 1990 for Newark; notable people and local businesses; his career as paralegal, bail bondsman and owning an eviction service; Whiskey Gulch businesses; and other topics.
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