Start Over Date 2020

631. Oral History excerpt: Sledding on Chase Street (00:27)

Date:
January 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Ledbetter, Judy (narrator); Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary:
Judy Ledbetter, who has lived north of the Chase St. spring for 54 years, describes the sandhills that used to exist in the area. "This was all like sand dunes. It looked just like the beach," her ...

632. Oral History excerpt: Watercress in January (00:56)

Date:
January 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Wilkes, Alma (narrator)
Summary:
Alma Wilkes, retired Gary School System teacher and nutritionist, discusses the vegetation around the Chase Street Spring. She notes that watercress grows around the well, and that it is still thri...

633. Oral History with Alma Wilkes (33:45)

Date:
January 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Wilkes, Alma (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Alma Wilkes at her home in Gary, Indiana, on January 10, 2020. Wilkes is a retired high school teacher for the Gary School System. She taught Home Economics (Family and Cons...

634. Oral History with Judy and Andrea Ledbetter (57:58)

Date:
January 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Ledbetter, Judy (narrator); Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Judy and Andrea Ledbetter at their home on Chase St., Gary Indiana, on January 14, 2020. Judy Ledbetter is a community activist who has lived in her home on Chase St. for 54...

635. Oral History with Tyrell Anderson (Part 1) (09:28)

Date:
January 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Anderson, Tyrell (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Tyrell Anderson at Anna’s Kombucha Café in Gary, Indiana, on January 22, 2020. Anderson is a photographer, videographer, and historic conservationist who co-founded the Deca...

636. Oral History with Tyrell Anderson (Part 2) (16:03)

Date:
January 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Anderson, Tyrell (narrator)
Summary:
Kay Westhues interviews Tyrell Anderson at Anna’s Kombucha Café in Gary, Indiana, on January 22, 2020. Anderson is a photographer, videographer, and historic conservationist who co-founded the Deca...

639. Paths to (and from) climate gentrification (42:50)

Date:
February 6, 2020 to February 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Harris, Alex; Keenan, Jesse; Curran, Winfred
Summary:
Part 1 Long-time residents of higher-elevation Miami neighborhoods have anticipated for decades an influx of wealthy people retreating from flood-prone areas. Then, as it finally began to happen, ...

640. Patricia (Pat) Keefer Documentary Interview (1:26:00)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Keefer, Patricia
Summary:
Pat outlines her motivations for getting involved with the youth vote, her activism at the time, the youth vote's path from Congress to Supreme Court to constitutional amendment, and the Nixon sign...