{"id":2901,"date":"2026-06-08T13:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:16:17","slug":"oral-history-of-paul-perkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2901","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Paul Perkins"},"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 Paul Perkins\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uzhaNba_RNE?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 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\u2019s law practice on Parramore, his education journey, favorite teachers, and wanting to become a lawyer, businesses in Parramore and memories of visiting as a child, common occupations and professional roles in the community, Washington Shores Federal Savings and Loan and its community impact, defining Parramore\u2019s boundaries and personal perspective on neighborhood lines, challenges facing Parramore in the past including crime and community changes, community organizations, churches, and civic groups that supported residents, what community means to him and how it has changed over time, women\u2019s leadership and influential women in his life and neighborhood, reflections on integration and how it shaped local schools and businesses, how Parramore and Orlando have changed and current community challenges, how residents can get involved in community building, Parramore\u2019s legacy and what it means to him today, and his final reflections on Parramore\u2019s importance and his personal connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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\u2019s law practice on Parramore, his education journey, favorite teachers, and&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-2901","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\/2901","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=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}