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Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)
Janie Alston describes nursery school and Girl Scouts at Hargraves and talks about a going-away party held for her there when she was 14 and moving out of the area.
Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)
Janie Alston - On what she likes about her neighborhood (clip)
HV: What do you think, like, stands out most about, like, what do you like most about your home?
JA: Because I grew up here, and I grew up in the area. See, my kids don't have any connection, because they grew up in Connecticut. But, you know, we could walk – I'd come by here every morning and wait…
Janie Alston - On what she likes about her neighborhood (clip)
Janie Alston - On her family history (clip)
Alex Biggers (AB): I'm Alex Biggers, this is Hudson Vaughan. We're here with Janie Alston on Lindsey Street. It's April 20th, about like, 10 o'clock in the morning.
Hudson Vaughan (HV): Awesome. We're just going to put this down, and then, let's just keep going. You just forget about that. At any…
Janie Alston - On her family history (clip)
Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
The interview includes the history of the Hargraves family: her great-grandfather, Jerry Hargraves had a role in the founding of St. Paul's. Nineteen children were born to her grandparents, Della Weaver and Luther Hargraves, the first black mortician in the area. He also built houses in Northside.…
Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
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