{"id":2885,"date":"2026-06-08T13:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:06:19","slug":"oral-history-of-freddie-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Freddie Maxwell"},"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 Freddie Maxwell\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TESqTBYfMe8?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 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\u2019s work as a lawn service owner and minister and her mother\u2019s work, attending Holden Street Elementary and Jones High School, starting her beauty career while in high school, working in salons, opening her own shop, and becoming Revlon\u2019s Florida educational director, playing in the Jones High School band, softball, and community activities, businesses in Parramore growing up including beauty salons, dry cleaners, and restaurants, the beauty shop experience in the past versus today, changes in beauty trends and adapting to new styles through her career, defining Parramore\u2019s boundaries and describing her community, community challenges growing up including segregation and limited opportunities, women\u2019s organizations, debutante balls, and local support networks, community leaders and businesses including the Sugar Bowl and Mr. Frazier\u2019s restaurant, what community means to her and the importance of working together, and Parramore\u2019s legacy and reflections on city leadership and community support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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\u2019s work as a lawn service owner and minister and her mother\u2019s work, attending&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-2885","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\/2885","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=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2886,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}