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Deborah Franklin, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Deborah Franklin, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings
Deborah Franklin shares stories of her early life in San Bernardino, her experiences with racism at the University of Redlands, and her journey as a councilwoman and Mayor of the City of Banning. She places a great emphasis on her role models, including her Grandmother Eula Saville, who was one of the first Black families to own land in The Valley Truck Farms. She expresses gratitude to her biggest supporters, talks about the lessons she learned in her political involvement, and her strong calling to serve her community.
Lois Carson (July 2021), Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Lois Carson (July 2021), Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings
Lois Carson moved to San Bernardino in 1951 when she was transferred to Norton Air Force Base, where she worked on early computers. She discusses housing segregation in San Bernardino, and shares stories of activism to stop blockbusting in the Rialto bench in 1966. Lois Carson discusses her work in War on Poverty in San Bernardino, observations of the city’s active community action groups, as well as her leadership in the Riverside Community Action Agency where she helped set up the fair housing council, ran Upward Bound, energy programs and other programs to empower and serve poor people. She remembers …
Cheryl Brown, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Cheryl Brown, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings
Cheryl Brown describes growing up in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. before moving to San Bernardino in the late 1950s. She describes her experiences facing racial and gendered barriers at San Bernardino High School and struggles finding work in the city where Black people were excluded from most jobs. She also shares many positive memories of growing up in a vibrant Black middle class neighborhood on the westside of the city, stories of key community leaders, the Black History Parade, NAACP, NCNW and memories of Black businesses in the area. She discusses her memories of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, and how …
Pastor Anthony W. Green And Bishop Dr. Jackie L. Green, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Pastor Anthony W. Green And Bishop Dr. Jackie L. Green, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings
Pastor Anthony W. Green and Bishop Dr. Jackie Green discuss their long leadership in Second Baptist Church of Redlands. They both grew up in black dominated communities and experienced a culture shock when they came to Redlands, CA in 1983. They were disappointed to see the lack of black people in Redlands and wanted there to be black role models for their children in education and law enforcement. The Green’s were able to create a sense of community for Black people in Redlands through the Second Baptist church, where Anthony served as a pastor. Second Baptist was the first African …
Acquanetta Warren, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Acquanetta Warren, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation
Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings
Acquanetta Warren discusses how she first became involved in local politics, in her struggles with the Compton School Board, how the 1992 Rodney King Uprising drove her to move to Fontana, her involvement in Fontana local politics, and her ultimate path to becoming Mayor of Fontana.