Themes:
Local Businesses
EPA Government - Mayor & City Council
Education - Charter, Private & Parochial Schools
Education - Ravenswood City School District
Policing
Arts & Culture
Subjects:
Eastside College Preparatory School, LaDoris Cordell, True Light Missionary Baptist Church, Stanford University, EPA Community Law Project, Eastside College Prep, African American Composer Initiative (AACI), Valerie Capers
Date of Creation or Publication:
1/6/2022
Creator
Sydney Jackson
Donor
LaDoris Cordell
Language
English
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Interview of LaDoris Cordell by Sydney Jackson. Topics discussed include Cordell's journey to EPA, attending Law School at Stanford University, starting the first Black law firm in EPA, her journey to becoming a judge, her interest in music and the arts in EPA, changes she has witnessed in EPA, and changes she would like to see in EPA.
Cordell was the judge who swore in the first EPA City Council following the successful incorporation election in 1983.
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