- Collection:
- African American History
- Title:
- Michael Garrett
- Date of Original:
- 2016-12-27
- Subject:
- Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church (Greenville, N.C.)
African American men--North Carolina--Greenville
African American neighborhoods--North Carolina--Greenville
Urban renewal--North Carolina--Greenville - People:
- Garrett, Michael
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- StillImage
Sound - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Photographs of Michael Garrett taken at the Town Common, Greenville, N.C., accompanied by an oral history interview, for the Beyond Bricks and Mortar project. Mr. Garrett is a former resident of the Shore Drive neighborhood that was destroyed in the 1960's to make room for the Town Common Park. Mr. Garrett recalls that the city took photos of every street in the downtown area before the redevelopment process began. The photos are part of a collection that he has seen. He then reminisces about the beautiful architecture of the Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church and the accomplishments of the local black community. Mr. Garrett mentions Roger Kammerer's account of the swimming pool closing on Reade and Fifth Street. Although Kammerer suggests that the pool closed due to a possible polio epidemic, Mr. Garrett recalls that the pool closed to due ongoing negotiations to allow pool use by the African American community. Interviewer: Heather White.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/50496
- Language:
- eng
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- Contributing Institution:
- J.Y. Joyner Library
- Rights:
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