{"id":2899,"date":"2026-06-08T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:15:34","slug":"oral-history-of-natalie-j-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2899","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Natalie J. Ford"},"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 Natalie J. Ford\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Trc6cF99tE?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 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\u2019s background in education, experiencing school desegregation and its impact on her education, attending private school and her early aspirations, her career as an educator and coaching experience, founding the Nap Ford School and its community importance, entrepreneurship in Parramore when she was growing up, defining Parramore\u2019s boundaries and neighborhood identity, community challenges in the past and the importance of connection, the role of Shiloh Baptist Church in her family and community service, her father Napoleon Ford\u2019s service as commissioner and legacy, challenges facing Parramore today and the importance of self-reliance, how residents can get involved and take part in community improvement, Parramore\u2019s legacy and what it means to her, and her final thoughts on continuing her father\u2019s work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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\u2019s background in education, experiencing school desegregation and its impact on her education, attending private&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-2899","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\/2899","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=2899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2900,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions\/2900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}