Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Administration's Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Robert J. Kerstein
Publication Date
9-6-2007
Date
2006-01-25
Abstract
During the tenure of Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman (1986-1995), Bobby Bowden served as the city's Director of the Department of Community Affairs, previously known as the Metropolitan Development Agency. He was employed by the city of Tampa from 1968 until February of 2004. Mr. Bowden discusses city programs such as the Community Unity campaign, the Model Cities program, the Black History Month (February) program, East Tampa initiatives, and the HOPE VI project. He also discusses Tampa's College Hill area. Mr. Bowden talks about what it was like to grow up in Tampa's public housing developments, from the late 1940s through 1961, when he left to go to college at Florida A&M University. The interview ends with a discussion of Mr. Bowden's current position at the University of South Florida as the Community Liaison for the Institute on Black Life. There is also a brief mention of a project Mr. Bowden is working on entitled "A Center for Africa in the Diaspora."
Keywords
Sandra W. Freedman (1943- ), Tampa (Fla.). Mayor, Public housing, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, African American History Month, Race relations
Extent
00:53:38; 17 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
F50-00002
Recommended Citation
Bowden, Bobby L., "Bobby Bowden Oral History Interview" (2007). Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Administration's Oral History Project. 19.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/freedman_ohp/19
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