Theme: Education

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Nairobi Schools

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Nairobi Schools

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Pamphlet for The Annette Latorre Nursery School

Pamphlet for the Annette Latorre Nursery School with photos and an introductory letter from Gertrude Wilks and other representatives from Mothers for Equal...

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Nairobi College 20th Year Reunion Program

Printed program from the Nairobi College 20th Year Reunion, held at the EPA Council Chambers. Includes an interview with Nairobi College Founder Robert...

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East of Bayshore Teen Summer Project - Nairobi Summer Project

Book with program philosophy, teachers schedules and plans, questionnaires, and letters about the 1969 Nairobi Summer Program.

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Itinerary for the Schule Mandela Academy's Trip to CIBI's 21st Annual Science Exposition

Complete itinerary for the Shule Mandela Academy's visit to the 21st Annual Council of Independent Black Institutions (CIBI) Science Exposition in...

clothing

Nairobi College 50th Anniversary Reunion T-Shirt

T-shirt from the Nairobi College 50th Anniversary Reunion celebration. Front features artwork and the reverse says "there was once a place... Nairobi,...

newspaper

Teaching With a Money-Back Guarantee - Grapevine

Article in Grapevine about the Nairobi Schools. Includes interviews with Barbara Mouton.

newspaper

Day School Turns Away 25 - Palo Alto Times

Article about East Palo Alto Day School (later Nairobi Day School) having to turn away 25 students from classes at Kavanaugh School. Includes enrollment...

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Proposal for Nairobi High School and Proposal for Parent Involvement for Nairobi High School and Day School

Proposal for a Nairobi High School, complete with rationale, school operation plan, time commitments, and curriculum. The proposal for parents involvement...

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Letter from Barbara Mouton containing the 1975 Annual Update on the Nairobi Schools

Letter from Barbara Mouton that reflects on the struggles the Nairobi Schools endured throughout 1975. Covers the economic depression, a fire, and the...

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Recipe for Building a School Pamphlet

Pamphlet by Gertrude Wilks that outlines the context, reasoning, and ingredients for building a new school. Gives some context on EPA in 1960s and local...

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Facts About the Nairobi Schools Pamphlet

Pamphlet that presents various facts about the Nairobi schools, include the scope of the educational program, brief origin of the school, school philosophy,...

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Education By, For and About African Americans: A Profile of Several Black Community Schools

Excerpts from Education By, For and About African Americans: A Profile of Several Black Community Schools, a book edited by Deborah K. Daniels, a member of...

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Statement to the Committee on Equal Education Opportunity

Statement to the Committee on Equal Education Opportunity about the importance of the Nairobi schools as an educational alternative for educating Black...

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Nairobi College Article in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning Vol. 5 No. 3

Article on the history, programs, and influence of Nairobi College.

photograph

Nairobi Day School Kindergarten Class - 1974

Photograph of the 1974 Nairobi Day School Kindergarten Class. Rachel Bell is the teacher in the back on the left. Class included students Martha Makeda...

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Blank Nairobi Schools Permanent Record Card

Blank permanent record card template for Nairobi school students.

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Letter Verifying Evelyn Dyer's Enrollment in Nairobi High School

Letter signed by Barbara Mouton verifying Evelyn Dyer's enrollment and completion of the Nairobi High School program. Mentions the closure of Nairobi Day and...

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Mothers for Equal Education Fund Statement

Fund statement for Mothers for Equal Education, including assets, liabilities, receipts, and expenses.

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Chapter on Nairobi College in New Colleges for New Students

A chapter about the history and philosophy of Nairobi College in a book called "New Colleges for New Students." Describes the creation of Nairobi College by...

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Nairobi College 20th Reunion and Conference Agenda

Agenda and celebration information for the Nairobi College 1988 Reunion and Conference. Agenda included presentations and panel discussions including people...

newspaper

History Discovers Africans: East P.A. School Takes a Fresh Look - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the Afro-centric teachings at Shule Mandela Academy in East Palo Alto and the effects such teaching have on the confidence and self-esteem of...

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Mothers for Equal Education Pamphlet

Pamphlet about Mothers for Equal Education and the various Nairobi schools. Discusses the influence and vision of Gertrude Wilks and the creation of the...

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Writings from Nairobi Day School: Newsletter I for the 1972-73 School Year

Collection of writings and drawings from Nairobi Day School students. List of contributors included on page 3.

newspaper

East of Bayshore Section from The Peninsula Bulletin Vol 6, No 41

Articles from the East of Bayshore Section covering Ravenswood High School students attending the National Red Cross Aquatic School, the Lions Club donating...

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Fire Destroys Nairobi School - The Times

The Times (San Mateo) article on the fire that destroyed the Nairobi School in 1975. It was an act of arson.

newspaper

On African Values - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about Kofi Lomotey, the president of the Council of Independent Black Institutions (CIBI). Lomotey was personally involved with three local EPA...

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Shule Mandela Academy Information Packet for the Third Annual Family Cultural Arts Festival

Collection of materials about the Shule Mandela Academy's Third Annual Family Cultural Arts Festival, also called the Jazz & Arts Cultural Festival....

newspaper

Ravenswood Post Vol. 22, No. 25

Issue of the Ravenswood Post with articles about Nairobi schools, an OICW luncheon honoring EPA Councilman Clarence Jackson, a lawsuit filed against the...

oral-history

Juanita Croft Interview

Interview of Juanita Croft by Jesse Norfleet about Nairobi College. Topics include: her schooling before attending Nairobi College in 1969; her mentor Mary...

newspaper

Teen Summer Project Planned - Gazette

Brief article about the the Mothers for Equal Education and EPA Day School leading a summer teen community action and education project to employ 121...

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Teen-Age Summer Community Action Program Proposal

Teen-Age summer community action program proposal with introductory synopsis, a description of the target area and population, program objectives, methods,...

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Soul festival launches cultural center - Palo Alto Times

Article about the "Nairobi Soul Festival" to celebrate the opening of the Nairobi Cultural Center in East Palo Alto. Includes description of the facility at...

newspaper

The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2 No. 20

This issue of The Peninsula Gazette covers a new radio show by Rev. Thomas Sanders and the Heavenly Echoes of EPA, the return of the Lee Home to EPA, the...

newspaper

Ravenswood District's Struggle For Power - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the power struggles at play within Ravenswood City School District. Mentions the San Mateo Country grand jury investigation, the departure of...

newspaper

Gertrude Wilks to Receive Award - Palo Alto Times

Article about Gertrude Wilks being honored in Washington, D.C. by the Black Child Development Institute. Discusses the work and importance of the Black Child...

newspaper

The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2 No. 24

This issue of The Peninsula Gazette focuses on the suspension of Chester Bailey and George Phillips from OICW and the upcoming Juneteenth celebration.

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Nairobi Granted $70,000 To Study Incorporation - Ravenswood Post

Article about the John Hay Whitney Foundation of New York funding a local study on self-government of East Palo Alto. The grant was given to the Initiative...

photo-gallery

Black History Month Events at EPA Library - 1995

Photographs of the Black History Month events at the EPA Library in February 1995. People featured in the photos include Rebecca Hill-Long, Halili Knox,...

newspaper

East Palo Alto Educators Receive Grants - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about 43 EPA educators receiving grants from the EPA Kids Foundation. Discusses the way that some of the grant funds were used by local teachers.

oral-history

Kalamu Chaché Interview

Interview of Kalamu Chaché by Jesse Norfleet about Nairobi College. Topics include: migrating to EPA in 1966 from NYC; the importance of religious education;...

oral-history

Donald Smothers Interview

Interview of Donald Smothers by Jesse Norfleet about Nairobi College. Topics include: how Nairobi College started; its concepts, early programs,...

oral-history

Warren Hayman Interview

Interview of Warren Hayman by Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: life before coming to the Peninsula in 1966; career at Ravenswood City School District (RCSD)...

oral-history

Messina Adreame Wattley Interview

Interview of Messina Adreame Wattley by Sharifa Wilson in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include: how parents met; arrival in EPA at high school age via Oakland...

document

Resume for Dr. Omowale Satterwhite

Resume of Dr. Omowale Satterwhite's professional accomplishments and experiences.

newspaper

She's Still Fighting for the Children - San Mateo Times

Article about Gertrude Wilks and her contributions to EPA's children through her Nairobi Schools. Discusses the effects of drug dealing on her schools and...

newspaper

Songwriter Signs a Contract, Steps Closer to His Goal - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPA resident Robert Roland signing a songwriting contract with Total Experience Production and moving his family from EPA to Hollywood....

newspaper

Her Concern: Black People, Her Goal: Social Change - Palo Alto Times

Profile of Gertrude Wilks' daughter, Patricia Wilks. Patricia attended her mother's Nairobi Schools and participated in the "sneak out," which enabled EPA...

newspaper

Henry Organ Working at Stanford - Palo Alto Times

Article about EPA resident Henry "Hank" Organ becoming an administrative staff trainee at Stanford University. Organ was the first black trustee of the...

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Resolution No. 861 to Honor the Memory of Gerald Nugent

Resolution of the EPA City Council to honor the memory of Gerald Nugent and his commitment to "a life of incorruptible integrity characterized by active...

newspaper

Nairobi Day School: Remembering Who We Are - Ravenswood Post

Photos of students at Nairobi Day School celebrating Black History Month by dressing up and learning about figures from Black history.

newspaper

East of Bayshore Section from The Peninsula Bulletin Vol 6, No 42

Articles from the East of Bayshore Section covering the success of the Ravenswood swim program at Ravenswood Pool, an upcoming party for Ravenswood City...

oral-history

Onira Tarés Parham Interview

Interview of Onira Tarés Parham by Sharifa Wilson in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include: being raised in EPA until around 10 years old eventually going to...

oral-history

Zakiya Carr Johnson Interview

Interview of Zakiya Carr Johnson, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the U.S. Department of State, by Sharifa Wilson. She was in town to speak at...

newspaper

The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2, No. 16

Issue of The Peninsula Gazette with articles about Syrtiller Kabat and Bob Hoover winning seats on the Ravenswood City School District Board with local youth...

newspaper

Hoover's East Palo Alto Job is New But He Knows the Territory - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about Robert Hoover's new job as the EPA community services director. Gives a history of Hoover's involvement in EPA, his political involvement in...

document

Color Me Proud: A History of East Palo Alto Coloring Book

A printed coloring book depicting scenes from East Palo Alto's far and recent past. Covers the Ohlone Indians, Rancho de las Pulgas, Ravenswood Port, Lester...

oral-history

Kathleen Butler Powell Interview

Interview of Kathleen Butler Powell by Sharifa Wilson in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include: migrated to EPA via Louisiana and San Francisco; father starting...

photo-gallery

Black History Events at EPA Library - 1991

Photographs from Black History Month events at EPA Library in 1991. Includes photographs from a performance of students at the Shule Mandela Academy and a...

newspaper

Black Mayors: A Growing Political Force - Ebony Magazine

Profile of EPA Mayor, Nairobi Day School founder, and EPA Senior Center executive director Barbara Mouton. Gives an overview of EPA's unique political...

oral-history

Martha Hanks Interview

Interview of Martha Hanks by Meda Okelo. Topics include how she arrived in East Palo Alto; her education at Kavanaugh, Green Oaks and Ravenswood High School;...

oral-history

Ella M. Wiggins Beecher Interview

Interview of Ella Wiggins Beecher by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: moving from Merced to EPA in the...

oral-history

Martha Goodwill-Murray Hanks Interview

Interview of Martha Goodwill-Murray Hanks by Jesse Norfleet about the Nairobi schools. Topics include: working at Nairobi Day School, Muhammad Ali visit to...

document

Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite: A Transformative Life

Article about the life and accomplishments of Dr. Omowale Satterwhite, written by Bill Wong. Includes sections on Satterwhite's upbringing in Akron, Ohio,...

oral-history

Warren Hayman Interview

Interview of Warren Hayman by Jesse Norfleet about Nairobi College and Ravenswood City School District (RCSD). Topics include: his career with RCSD; the...

oral-history

Willie Powell Jr. Interview

Interview of Willie Powell Jr. by Sharifa Wilson in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include: arriving in EPA at the age of 20; his father’s company East Palo Alto...

oral-history

Dr. Omowale Satterwhite Interview

Interview of Omowale Satterwhite by Jesse Norfleet about the Nairobi movement. Topics include: his migration to EPA, attending Stanford, involvement with...

oral-history

Lakiba Pittman Interview

Interview of Lakiba Pittman by Jesse Norfleet about Nairobi College. Topics include: working at Nairobi Day School and Nairobi College, singer-songwriter for...

oral-history

Mama Dee Uhila Interview

Interview of Mama Dee Uhila by Sisilia Afungia. Topics include: migration to EPA from San Mateo in the 1970s, migration of Pacific Islanders in the 1970s and...

oral-history

Ken Jones Interview

Interview of Ken Jones by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Ravenswood High School, Nairobi College, the Black community in EPA, the EPA public works...

oral-history

Melvin & Helen Harvey Harris Interview

Interview of Melvin Harris and Helen Harvey Harris about the Nairobi Legacy. Topics include: Melvin coming to EPA in 1954, his activism in the community,...

oral-history

David Rages, Sr. Interview

Interview of David Rages, Sr. by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Rages' journey to EPA, Operation Sneak Out, attending Belle Haven Elementary and...

oral-history

Henry "Hank" Organ Interview

Interview of Henry "Hank" Organ by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to East Palo Alto, living at Light Tree Apartments, early thoughts of incorporation,...

oral-history

Nozipo & Vulindlela Wobogo Interview

Interview of Nozipo & Vulindlela Wobogo by Jesse Norfleet. Topics include: why they came to EPA in 1968, working at Drew Health Center, Vulindela's political...

oral-history

Dr. Mama Nobantu Ankoanda Interview

Interview of Dr. Mama Nobantu Ankoanda by Sharifa Wilson in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include: arrival in EPA in 1971; starting her own school out of...

oral-history

Bob Hoover Interview

Interview of Robert "Bob" Hoover by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Hoover's journey to EPA, the influence of Ed Becks, EPA's Community House for...

oral-history

Martha Goodwill Murray Hanks Interview

Interview of Martha Hanks by Dianne Otterby. Topics include: the family migration to East Palo Alto; her schooling; living in the house that her father had...

oral-history

Jennifer Jackson Interview

Interview of Jennifer Jackson by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include crime in EPA, anti-drug activism and United Mothers Against Drugs (UMAD), Nairobi...

oral-history

Trevor Burrowes Interview

Interview of Trevor Burrowes by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include the Black Power Movement, Ed Becks, Ida Berk, Nairobi College, Incorporation, the Weeks...

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