Michael Turner, Leon Turner, Dorothy Douglass Turner, Keisha Evans, Calvary Temple Church of God in Christ, Whiskey Gulch, Bains Family, Charlie Mae Knight, Gertrude Wilks, Ruben Abrica, Peter Evans, Kenneth Jones, Nobantu Ankoanda, Omowale Satterwhite, Larry Moody, Dr. O'Neal, Mary Flamer, EPACenter
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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.