Oral history interview with Brenda Lauderdale / interviewed by Howard Fredricks (1 of 2)
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Lauderdale discusses the following topics: Family ancestry, move from Sylacauga, Alabama to Chicago, Illinois, housing projects on 35th Street and State Street in Chicago, Illinois, age 3-12, elementary school experience influences major choice, Special Education, elementary school exchange program in Winnetka, Illinois, ca. 1950s—Description of housing projects in Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s—Family, parents’ divorce —Gangs in housing projects, Chicago, Illinois Vikings, Disciples, story about murder of little girl, story about brother pressured to join gang, mother’s restaurant—Race relations in housing projects, Chicago, Illinois—Raymond Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois, teen pregnancy, impressions of welfare fraud—Drugs in school, move from housing project to Avalon Park, Chicago, Illinois, ca. mid-1960s —Recreation in housing projects, Chicago, Illinois, family, story about holiday picnic—Attitudes towards whites, white teachers, impressions of ineffective teachers, compariso00:01:00—Family ancestry, move from Sylacauga, Alabama to Chicago, Illinois, housing projects on 35th Street and State Street in Chicago, Illinois, age 3-12, elementary school experience influences major choice, Special Education, elementary school exchange program in Winnetka, Illinois, ca. 1950s | 00:04:08—Description of housing projects in Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s | 00:05:19—Family, parents’ divorce | 00:05:55—Gangs in housing projects, Chicago, Illinois Vikings, Disciples, story about murder of little girl, story about brother pressured to join gang, mother’s restaurant | 00:10:21—Race relations in housing projects, Chicago, Illinois | 00:11:33—Raymond Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois, teen pregnancy, impressions of welfare fraud | 00:14:01—Drugs in school, move from housing project to Avalon Park, Chicago, Illinois, ca. mid-1960s | 00:16:29—Recreation in housing projects, Chicago, Illinois, family, story about holiday picnic |...
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