{"id":2883,"date":"2026-06-08T13:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:05:46","slug":"oral-history-of-danny-vereen-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Danny Vereen, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oral History of Danny Vereen, Sr.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvPRbNvyAW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 experiences, teachers, and athletic programs, attending Florida State University, joining the military, and early career, returning to Orlando, law enforcement career, and leadership roles, businesses in Parramore during his youth and Black-owned stores, defining Parramore\u2019s boundaries and community identity, community challenges in the past including homeownership and representation, community organizations and local leaders during his youth, the role of women as business owners, educators, and community leaders, what community meant growing up in Parramore, how Parramore has changed over time including diversity and policing, future challenges for Parramore including schools and homeownership, how residents and outsiders can support the community, Parramore\u2019s legacy as a collective effort of many individuals, and reflections on school integration and its personal impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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&hellip;","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oral-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}