African American Culture Celebrations

Oral History

The purpose of Oral History is to capture, preserve, and interpret stories through the art and practice of documentary styled interviewing and videography.

The Oral History Storyteller recounts events and experiences influencing and contributing to the development of the community’s culture, locally and broadly.

Tressie L. W. Carpenter Conner
"The Early Years, De Soto City, Highlands County Memories," Sebring, Florida
Nancy M. Kerney
"Washington Heights Entrepreneurs," Sebring, Florida
Ethel W. Austin
"African Americans and Sebring, Florida Living," Sebring, Florida
Parthenia Evans McMinns Estella Evans Walker
"Growing up in the Old Quarters," Lake Placid, Florida
Clara T. Boone
"Moving to Avon Park and Teaching at Hopewell School," Avon Park, Florida
Joe Coston
"Moving from Clewiston, Florida to Highway Park," Lake Placid, Florida
Juanita Williams Hawthorne
"Living in Highway Park," Lake Placid, Florida
Calvery Wilson
"Returning to Highway Park," Lake Placid, Florida
 Kumasi Aaron
"Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church History," Sebring, Florida
Ginette R. Martin
"Haitian Heritage, Making a Life in Lake Placid," Lake Placid, Florida"
Joy Passley
"Jamaican Heritage, Business Owner & Moving to Sebring, Florida," Sebring, Florida
E.O. Douglas Alumni Foundation, Inc.
"2012 E.O. Douglas School Marker Dedication Ceremony,"
Sebring, Florida
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