{"id":2913,"date":"2026-06-08T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:55:59","slug":"oral-history-of-walter-hawkins-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2913","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Walter Hawkins"},"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 Walter Hawkins\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLckMC55iUk?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 Walter Hawkins. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye via Zoom in Orlando, Florida, on February 13, 2025, as part of the University of Central Florida\u2019s RICHES program in collaboration with the Parramore Speaks project. Some of the topics covered include growing up on Division Avenue and South Street in Parramore, his parents\u2019 jobs and getting around the neighborhood, shopping at Tip Top, Margaret\u2019s, and other local grocery stores, being the oldest sibling and caring for younger brothers, how Parramore got its name, going to Holden Street Elementary and favorite teachers, attending Jones High School and dreaming of playing football, experiencing integration and the effort to save Jones High, founding the Jones High Historical Society and museum, businesses and professional services in old Parramore, defining the boundaries of Parramore on a map, housing, citrus decline, crack epidemic, and highway construction, church life and growing up at Mount Pleasant Baptist, clubs, neighborhood groups, and the Chamber of Commerce, women\u2019s leadership in homes, churches, schools, and business, why Parramore felt like a village, not just a community, how the area changed after its population declined, plans for housing, education, and changing Parramore\u2019s image, programs supporting residents and rebuilding the economy, how residents and outsiders can help restore the neighborhood, Parramore\u2019s legacy and efforts to reclaim its history, and why remembering and retelling the past still matters today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An oral history interview of Walter Hawkins. The interview was conducted by Sarah Boye via Zoom in Orlando, Florida, on February 13, 2025, as part of the University of Central Florida\u2019s RICHES program in collaboration with the Parramore Speaks project. Some of the topics covered include growing up on Division Avenue and South Street in&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-2913","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\/2913","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=2913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2914,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions\/2914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}