Oral History of Octavius Clark
An oral history of Octavius Clark. The interview was conducted at the Booker Town Community Center in the Booker Town neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on May 16, 2026.
Oral History of Reginald Campbell
An oral history of Reginald Campbell. The interview was conducted at the Booker Town Community Center in the Booker Town neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on May 16, 2026.
Oral History of Eunice Brown
An oral history of Eunice Brown. The interview was conducted at the Booker Town Community Center in the Booker Town neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on May 6, 2026.
Oral History of Neal Coates
An oral history of Neal Coates. The interview was conducted at the New Smyrna Museum of History on March 28th, 2026.
Oral History of Michael E. Williams
An oral history of Michael E. Williams. The interview was conducted at the New Smyrna Museum of History on March 28th, 2026.
Oral History of Patricia Ann Blake-Harris
An oral history of Patricia Ann Blake-Harris. The interview was conducted at the New Smyrna Museum of History on March 28th, 2026.
Oral History of Kenneth Bentley
An oral history of Kenneth Bentley. The interview was conducted at Hopper Academy in the Georgetown neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on Saturday, January 28th, 2026.
Oral History of Sylvia Thomas
An oral history of Silvia Thomas. The interview was conducted at Hopper Academy in the Georgetown neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on Saturday, January 28th, 2026.
Oral History of Benita Tillman Brown
An oral history of Benita Tillman Brown. The interview was conducted at Hopper Academy in the Georgetown neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on Saturday, January 28th, 2026.
Oral History of Sylvia Wimberley
An oral history of Sylvia Wimberley. The interview was conducted at Allen Chapel AME Church in the Goldsboro neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on January 10th, 2026.
Oral History of Suanne Chisolm
An oral history of Suanne Chisolm. The interview was conducted at Allen Chapel AME Church in the Goldsboro neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on January 10th, 2026.
Oral History of Robin Dehlinger
An oral history of Barbara Wells and Robin Dehlinger. The interview was conducted at Allen Chapel AME Church in the Goldsboro neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on January 10th, 2026.
Oral History of Louisa Moore
An oral history of Louisa Moore. The interview was conducted at Allen Chapel AME Church in the Goldsboro neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on January 10th, 2026.
Oral History of Leroy McClendon
An oral history of Leroy McClendon. The interview was conducted at Allen Chapel AME Church in the Goldsboro neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on January 10th, 2026.
Oral History of Barbara Wells and Lelia M. Ross
An oral history of Barbara Wells and Lelia M. Ross. The interview was conducted at Allen Chapel AME Church in the Goldsboro neighborhood of Sanford, Florida, on January 10th, 2026.
Oral History of Kenneth Bentley
An oral history of Kenneth Bentley. The interview was conducted at the Sanford Museum in Sanford, Florida, on November 21st, 2025.
Oral History of Harold Lucas
An oral history of Harold Lucas. The interview was conducted at the Lucas Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, on November 11th, 2025.
Oral History of Reverend Rollie Murray
An oral history interview with Reverend Rollie Murray. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at the Callahan Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Chattahoochee, Florida, and his path to ministry, educational background from elementary school to Florida A&M University, participating in track…
Oral History of Walter Hawkins
An oral history interview of Walter Hawkins. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye via Zoom in Orlando, Florida, on February 13, 2025, as part of the University of Central Florida’s RICHES program in collaboration with the Parramore Speaks project. Some of the topics covered include growing up on Division Avenue and South Street in…
Oral History of Rebecca Ford
An oral history interview of Rebecca H. Ford. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center on April 21, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in South Carolina and moving to Orlando, Napoleon Ford’s education career and founding the charter school, her work as an educator and…
Oral History of Reginald Bernard McGill
An oral history interview of Reginald Bernard McGill. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at Orlando City Hall on February 10, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore and his family’s move to Orlando, family business, church involvement, and early leadership, childhood challenges including crime and school integration, teachers who…
Oral History of Ralph Armstead
An oral history interview with Ralph Armstead. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 25, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore, early education, and attending Jones High School, family employment and his grandfather’s role as a builder and inspector,…
Oral History of Pinkie Sanders
An oral history interview with Pinkie Letty Wright Sanders. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 25, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up on Holden Street and her family background, her father’s work as a chauffeur for Dr. Phillips and family…
Oral History of Paul Perkins
An oral history interview with Paul C. Perkins Jr. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on May 12, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in West Lakes, family history, and his father’s law practice on Parramore, his education journey, favorite teachers, and…
Oral History of Natalie J. Ford
An oral history interview with Natalie J. Ford. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on May 31, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Orlando and her family’s background in education, experiencing school desegregation and its impact on her education, attending private…
Oral History of Mary Cottman
An oral history interview of Mary Cottman. The interview was conducted by Adaeze Nwigwe at the Callahan Neighborhood Center on March 8, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up on McFall Avenue and her family’s move to Orlando, running rooming houses and renting to seasonal orange pickers, staying connected to the community through…
Oral History of Kathy Sapp, Ernest Sapp, and Alfreda Gary
An oral history interview with Kathy Sapp, Ernest Sapp, and Alfreda Gary. The interview was conducted by Sebastian Garcia at the Callahan Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore, family history, and childhood experiences, family occupations and running dry cleaning businesses, family challenges…
Oral History of Martha Walton Williams-Glenn
An oral history interview with Dr. Martha Walton Williams-Glenn. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on May 31, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore, family history, and attending Callahan Elementary, family challenges, Jones High School experiences, and her education journey,…
Oral History of Kay Barrington
An oral history interview of Kay Barrington. The interview was conducted by Sebastian Garcia at the Callahan Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore, her family’s involvement in the fruit-picking industry, working as a maid, attending Callahan Elementary and Jones High School, participating…
Oral History of Harry H. Bryant
An oral history interview with Harry H. Bryant. The interview was conducted by Riley O’Neill at the Callahan Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Callahan, family history, and education journey, his family’s move to Orlando, labor work, and community life in Callahan, his…
Oral History of Georgine Alice Walton
An oral history interview with Georgine Walton. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 25, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore and her mother’s role as a nurse, family history in Parramore and her mother’s legacy at ORMC, her…
Oral History of Freddie Maxwell
An oral history interview with Freddie Maxwell. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 28, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Orlando and family background, her father’s work as a lawn service owner and minister and her mother’s work, attending…
Oral History of Danny Vereen, Sr.
An oral history interview with Danny Vereen Sr. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 25, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in Parramore and family background, experiences with school integration and attending Callahan, Rock Lake, and Howard, Jones High School…
Oral History of Robert Stuart
An oral history interview with Robert Stuart. The interview was conducted by Eric Thompson at the Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 28, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up in College Park, family history, and his father’s business and community involvement, memories of Parramore from childhood and providing services…
Oral History of Shaniqua “Shan” Rose
An oral history interview of Shaniqua “Shan” Rose. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye at Orlando City Hall on January 27, 2025. Some of the topics covered include moving from Brooklyn to Orlando and her family’s work in government, childhood memories and pursuing education in public administration and business finance, businesses in Parramore and…
Oral History of Ann Brown
An oral history interview with Ann Patricia Brown. The interview was conducted by Riley O’Neill at the Callahan Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 2025. Some of the topics covered include growing up on Oak Street and her family history in Parramore, her mother’s work and involvement in the Callahan Neighborhood Association, the…