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Interviewer
Julie Buckner Armstrong
Date
2021-05-03
Publication Date
Summer 7-12-2021
Abstract
Reese (Approximately 72 years old at the time of interview) is the president of St. Petersburg’s African American Heritage association and a columnist for the Weekly Challenger newspaper. She was raised in the Sugar Hill area of St. Petersburg, near the Gas Plant district, also raised when the interstate went in. The interview covered just some aspects of her extensive, detailed knowledge of local African American history, including homes, businesses (including funeral homes), and churches that surrounded the Oaklawn Cemetery complex. Reese does remember walking through the former cemetery on her way home from school.
Keywords
African American Burial Ground Project (AABGP), African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project, Oaklawn cemetery, Evergreen cemetery, Lincoln cemetery, reinterrment
Subject: topical
African American Burial Ground Project (AABGP), African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project, Oaklawn cemetery, Evergreen cemetery, Lincoln cemetery, reinterrment
Language
English
Type
Sound
Genre
Oral history
Format
1 sound file (50 min.) : digital, MP3 file +
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Collection
African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project
Identifier
A67-00003
Recommended Citation
Reese, Gwendolyn D., "Gwendolyn Reese oral history interview" (2021). African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/african_american_burial_grounds_ohp/3
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