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'Unrestricted Area' Meant E. Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
newspaper
'Unrestricted Area' Meant E. Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the tradition of redlining and blockbusting in East Palo Alto as the community shifted from a white and Asian agricultural area to a mostly...
Flyer for Black History in the Making: An Evening of Poetry, Music, Magic, and History
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Flyer for Black History in the Making: An Evening of Poetry, Music, Magic, and History
Flyer for a Black History Month celebration "Black History in the Making", held at the EPA Library. The evening of poetry, music, magic, and history featured...
Joyce M. Myles Interview
oral-history
Joyce M. Myles Interview
Interview of Joyce Myles by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: the 60th anniversary of the Ravenswood High...
African American and Hispanic Communities in East Palo Alto
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African American and Hispanic Communities in East Palo Alto
A report from the Wildflowers Institute in San Francisco, CA about change to EPA's ethnic and racial population, and some background on the city's...
Booklet for the First Annual EPA Black History Film Festival
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Booklet for the First Annual EPA Black History Film Festival
Booklet for the First Annual EPA Black History Film Festival at the Community Church Auditorium. Lists films being shown and schedule for showings and film...
Mayor Applauded as Peacemaker - San Jose Mercury News
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Mayor Applauded as Peacemaker - San Jose Mercury News
Profile of Mayor Gertrude Wilks that covers her childhood, move to East Palo Alto, interest in education, source of her strong black pride, political...
A Structure for Survival
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A Structure for Survival
Article from Black Panther newspaper about opening of EPA branch with Community Survival Day on September 9, 1972.
Nairobi Day School: Remembering Who We Are - Ravenswood Post
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.
Model Cities in California - The Review of the NEWS
newspaper
Model Cities in California - The Review of the NEWS
Article about East Palo Alto. Covers political action, Nairobi movement, Ed Becks, and Black Panther action.
Mel Harris Interview
oral-history
Mel Harris Interview
Interview between Mel Harris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics discussed include Harris' involvement with Malcolm X & the Black Liberation Movement, the Black...
Janet Thomas Interview
oral-history
Janet Thomas Interview
Interview of Janet Thomas by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: her migration as a child from Texas in 1946...
Black History Events at EPA Library - 1991
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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...
The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2, No. 22
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The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2, No. 22
Issue of The Peninsula Gazette that covers a visit by SNCC and Black Panther Chiefs to EPA, the Black Conference in Los Angeles, congressional action to aid...
Delores Erving Bradford Farrell Interview
oral-history
Delores Erving Bradford Farrell Interview
Interview of Delores Erving Bradford Farrell by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: migration from Malvern...
Angah Miessi Interview
oral-history
Angah Miessi Interview
Interview of Angah Miessi by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migrating from the Ivory Coast in Africa in 1980 at 23 for grad school to EPA in 1983; EPA culture...
Gloria Cormier Interview
oral-history
Gloria Cormier Interview
Interview of Gloria Cormier by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: migration from Los Angeles to Carlton...
The Nairobi Day School: An African American Independent School, 1966-1984
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The Nairobi Day School: An African American Independent School, 1966-1984
Article from Vol 61, No 2 of the Journal of Negro Education about the creation and pedagogy of the Nairobi education method, utilized at the Nairobi Day...
Fran Cooper Frierson Interview
oral-history
Fran Cooper Frierson Interview
Interview of Fran Cooper Frierson by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: her family moving to EPA; schooling...
Bob Hoover Interview
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...
Ella M. Wiggins Beecher Interview
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...
Nate Branch Interview
oral-history
Nate Branch Interview
Interview of Nate Branch by Sharifa Wilson. Topics discussed include Branch's journey to EPA; attending Kavanaugh School, Green Oaks Academy and Ravenswood...
Emily L. Hamamoto Interview
oral-history
Emily L. Hamamoto Interview
Interview of Emily Hamamoto by Meda Okelo. Topics include: arrival in Palo Alto at age five; raised in Palo Alto; became first Asian-American teacher in RCSD...
Saundra Webster & Chester Prince Interview
oral-history
Saundra Webster & Chester Prince Interview
Interview of Saundra Webster and Chester Prince by Jesse Norfleet about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: attending Ravenswood High School together,...
Ravenswood High School and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Sequoia Union High School District - A Dissertation
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Ravenswood High School and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Sequoia Union High School District - A Dissertation
Full text of Robert Lowe's PhD dissertation on the desegregation of Sequoia Union High School District and Ravenswood High School submitted to Stanford...
Race, Ethnicity and Inter-minority Suburban Politics: East Palo Alto, 1950-2002 - Collective Roots
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Race, Ethnicity and Inter-minority Suburban Politics: East Palo Alto, 1950-2002 - Collective Roots
This is a Masters thesis by Mike Berman in History at Stanford University. Berman taught at the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy.
The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2 No. 17
newspaper
The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 2 No. 17
An issue of The Peninsula Gazette covers The Majestics and The Fantastic Two Plus One in the Battle of the Bands at Ravenswood High School, the Ravenswood...
Deidra Wright Interview
oral-history
Deidra Wright Interview
Interview of Deidra Wright by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: born in SF; followed her sister who moved to...
Martha Goodwill Murray Hanks Interview
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...
The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 11, No. 9
newspaper
The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 11, No. 9
Full issue of The Peninsula Gazette with coverage of Bob Hoover, Syrtiller Kabat, and James Wilmore entering the Ravenswood City School District election,...
David Rages, Sr. Interview
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...
Shirley Mitchell Neal Interview
oral-history
Shirley Mitchell Neal Interview
Interview of Shirley Mitchell Neal by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Her family moved from Los Angeles to Alberni Street...
Lakiba Pittman Interview
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...
Trevor Burrowes Interview
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...
Henry "Hank" Organ Interview
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,...
Nozipo & Vulindlela Wobogo Interview
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...
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