{"id":2911,"date":"2026-06-08T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:55:32","slug":"oral-history-of-rebecca-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2911","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Rebecca 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 Rebecca Ford\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rdq6rPfWCH0?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 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\u2019s education career and founding the charter school, her work as an educator and experiences with integration, Napoleon Ford\u2019s service as commissioner and focus on education, his community involvement, church leadership, and restoration efforts, her friendship with Daisy Lynum and continuing Ford\u2019s legacy, supporting Arthur \u201cPappy\u201d Kennedy\u2019s election campaign, Black-owned businesses in Parramore during the 1960s, personal experiences with segregation in Florida, jobs and homeownership in Parramore\u2019s past and present, defining Parramore\u2019s boundaries and explaining Division Avenue, community challenges including housing and job discrimination, local organizations and support systems, notable figures and women\u2019s roles in the community, how Parramore has changed over time, current challenges and available community programs, Parramore\u2019s legacy and what it means to her, and her final thoughts on leadership and supporting the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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\u2019s education career and founding the charter school, her work as an educator 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-2911","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\/2911","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=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}