Oral History

Rev. Louis Dixon

Themes:
Subjects:
Louis Dixon, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Garden Supermarket
Date of Creation or Publication:
11/13/2023
Creator
Meda Okelo
Donor
Rev. Louis Dixon
Language
English
Copyright Statement:
Interview of Rev. Louis Dixon by Meda Okelo. Topics include: his family and migration from Louisiana to L.A. and eventually, in 1964, to EPA; buying a home in 1973; types of local businesses in 1970s; why businesses closed but churches didn’t; his children attending Catholic schools outside the community; Japanese internment and Asian families in EPA; why he decided to join the Seminary; carpetbaggers of today; what makes EPA unique; and what he would like EPA to look like in 50 years.

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