Themes:
Local Businesses
Education - Ravenswood High School
Immigration
Arts & Culture
Crime - Drugs
Youth Programs
People of EPA
Community Events & Celebrations
Gentrification
Subjects:
William "Will Roc" Griffin, Betty Robertson, Sunrise Towing, Uncle Frank's BBQ, Horace "Huck" Robertson, Betty's Soul Kitchen
Date of Creation or Publication:
3/4/2021
Creator
Kalamu Chache
Donor
William "Will Roc" Griffin
Language
English
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Interview of William "Will Roc" Griffin by Kalamu Chache. Topics include: arriving in EPA in 1962, growing up in the Gardens neighborhood, schooling in EPA, diversity in the 1970s, drugs in the community, why he stays in EPA, opening a restaurant, his music career, his vision for the arts in EPA and others.
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