St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Free At Last, Ravenswood High School, Bob Hoover, Mary Lou Calloway, Reverend Branch, Whiskey Gulch, Priya Haji, Nairobi Shopping Center, Bernie Matthews, Drew Health Foundation Board, Larry Calloway, Patricia Foster, Anthony Calloway, Bill Vines, Just Us, Christine Calloway, Mr. Mineweather, Reno Club, Luther Jackson
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Interview of Larry Calloway by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA from Hunter’s Point in San Francisco at age 13; comparison of the two places; demographics of EPA at the time; his childhood friends; St. John’s Church; his parents and siblings; schooling at Green Oaks and Ravenswood High School; changes at Ravenswood after Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot; notable teachers and friends; Nairobi Movement in EPA in the 1970’s; businesses in Nairobi Shopping Center; annexation of land by other cities; Whiskey Gulch; movement for incorporation; serving on the Drew Health Foundation Board; crime after incorporation and local crime prevention efforts led by his wife and others; Just Us and Free at Last; why he moved to San Jose; his continued connection to EPA, what he thinks of it now and his hopes for the future; and how St. John’s Church is changing.