Themes:
Local Businesses
Religious Organizations
People of EPA
Youth Programs
Community Events & Celebrations - Collard Greens Festival
Community Events & Celebrations - Juneteenth
Subjects:
Elder Macklin, Willie Lou Harris, James E. Harris, Evangelistic Workshop, Sweet Home Church, Lonnie's Corner, Multicultural Choral, Oakwood Market, Juliet Harris, Kavanaugh School
Date of Creation or Publication:
9/25/2025
Creator
Meda Okelo
Donor
Juliet Harris
Language
English
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Interview of Juliet Harris by Meda Okelo. Topics include: family moving to EPA from San Francisco in the 70s; living on Capital Street, attending Sweet Home Church; parents running candy store/sandwich shop; moving to Holland Street in 1977; attending Kavanaugh School; Oakwood Market and other businesses; memories of community festivals at Bell Street Park; thoughts about incorporation; being bussed to Carlmont High; high school activities; living on the Westside as an adult; businesses in Whiskey Gulch; returning to the family home in 2015; current view of EPA; her parents James E. Harris and Willie Lou Harris and their businesses; why she stayed in EPA; and other topics.
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