Interview of Dempsey D. Mitchell by Meda Okelo. Topics include: arrival in EPA from Texas in 1958; demographic changes when he arrived; larger boundaries of EPA at the time; his time in the Army; his children and their education; EPA businesses in the 1960’s owned by Blacks, especially the clubs and bars in Whiskey Gulch including The Whiskey Gulch for white people, and several greenhouses and flower shops run by Asians; career as bus driver for Ravenswood City School District and encountering some students later as adults; drugs and violence in EPA in 1985 and their effect on his work; how his military background helped him deal with the crime in the community; what makes EPA unique; and and predictions of future demographic changes in EPA..