Code,915010
Subject,Emilie Barnett
Date,6/8/2012
Interviewer,Gabriela Halligan-Taylor
Abstract,"In this 2012 interview, Emilie Barnett describes her Shaker experience. Wife of Irving Barnett, she began getting involved with the Ludlow Community Association from the very beginning, collaborating with notable Ludlow activists like Drew and Fran King. She describes the neighborhood dinners and meetings that predated the LCA, which eventually became the foundation for the Ludlow integration movement. She tells stories of the many events and fundraisers that occurred in Ludlow and in Shaker as a whole, and brings a very personal vibe to this oral history. Mrs. Barnett also describes some of the more tense situations in Ludlow, and ends with her life after Shaker, and how Ludlow molded her entire outlook on life."
Special Notes,"Shaker Heights, Ludlow, integration"
minutes:,38
0,"Place of birth, early education"
1,"working at her father's drug store, Cleveland College"
2,"""took me sixteen years... to get my undergraduate degree"""
3,brief overview of her children's education and careers
4,"""I got involved looking at the housing.. we transformed the neighborhood at 30th and Central"""
5,"moving to Ludlow with her husband Irv, as a young growing family"
6,"""..we saw all these for sale signs up and down the street.."""
7,she began introducing herself to her neighbors
8,"remembering the early days of what was to be the Ludlow Community Association, Drew King"
9,Drew and Fran King's bbq... meeting frequency increasing
10,"Ludlow Community Association officially founded... housing being ""actively pursued"""
11,""".. what was unique about Ludlow then... was the attitude of.. the education administration.."""
12,
13,"""..living in Ludlow was terribly enriching.."" civil rights issues with visiting African ambassadors"
14,
15,"""..people have to know not all of the United States is like that.."""
16,African ambassadors visiting Ludlow
17,"the more active LCA, and moving to a bigger house in Ludlow"
18,moving out of Ludlow
19,"""..but we remained active in the community.."""
20,"Governor of Hawaii speaking in Shaker, Lena Horne speaking"
21,fundraisers at Severance Hall with Ella Fitzgerald
22,racial tension in Shaker Heights before and during the Ludlow integration
23,
24,Stouffer's
25,"the history of Shaker, the Van Sweringens and their racial restrictions"
26,"""..Ludlow changed all that.."""
27,"""..so Shaker became an extraordinary city.."""
28,soon Shaker began to attract families of lower socioeconomic status..
29,""".. the achievement gap between the blacks and whites in the school.."""
30,moving out of Shaker
31,"""..it's still an integrated community..we've come a long way, baby.."""
32,speaking about the personal enrichment recieved from living in Shaker Hts
33,serving in Zimbabwe and in the Peace Corps
34,social impact of 9/11 on the Muslim community
35,her religious education and starting the Communities in Conversation organization
36,combining forces with Joan Brown Campbell
37,describing a speech by the daughter of Desmond Tutu
38,[recording stopped]