Identifier,999112,
Interviewee,Clara Nelson,
Date,2/27/14,
Interviewer,Julie Gabb,
Abstract,"Clara Nelson moved from Virginia to Glenville as a child. She went to Miles Standish and Glenville HS. Afterwards, she became a postal service carrier.",
Tags,"Community gardening, Miles Standish, Glenville High School, postal service, discrimination, Scatter's",
Special Notes,,
0,"Start of Interview, moved to Cleveland at age 9 from Virginia, grew up on Empire Ave.",
1,"3rd child of 4 siblings, snow in Ohio, Glenville neighborhood as a family, teasing",
2,"Teasing cont., name meaning, friends at school then and now, married at a young age",
3,"Intermediate family in Cleveland, neighbors - the Louis's, parents' friends",
4,"Glenville High School marching band, bussing in Virginia",
5,"Glenville High School marching band cont., band as a family, majorette in the band",
6,"Majorette in the band - specific incident, why did her family move to Cleveland",
7,"Father as a bricklayer, impressions of Glenville as a child, Glenville High School",
8,"Rivalries in Jr. High compared to Glenville High, Miles-Standish",
9,"Community garden, veggies at the garden",
10,"Siblings and schools they attended, taste of veggies",
11,"Memories at Miles-Standish, gym class",
12,Gym class and climbing rope, 
13,"Gym class cont., friends at school",
14,"Empire Jr. High, office aid, track",
15,Friends in Empire Jr. High and Glenville HS,
16,"Rivalries with other high schools, East Tech game",
17,"East Tech game cont., cheerleaders",
18,Old Glenville HS and new Glenville HS,
19,"New Glenville HS cont., walking to school, cafeteria",
20,"Packing lunch, business classes",
21,"Short hand writing, tarblooders",
22,"Tarblooders, mascot representing the HS",
23,Kimberly Ave.,
24,"Neighborhood racial makeup, 2nd block of Empire Ave.",
25,"Empire Ave. cont., businesses didn't move out till after she graduated college",
26,"Skatters, delicatessen, Mr. Williams' store, Dippin' Whip",
27,Skatters cont.,
28,"Skatters cont., Sears, Downtown shopping",
29,"Furniture store, Downtown shopping - May Company and Higby's",
30,Mr. Jingaling,
31,Higby's,
32,"Higby's cont., Shaker parties",
33,"Shaker parties, what to do for fun",
34,"What to do for fun cont., Playmor",
35,Leo's Casino seeing Marvin Gaye,
36,Leo's Casino cont.,
37,"Leo's Casino cont., ",
38,Dances at the Masonic Temple,
39,"Dances in Downtown, types of dances",
40,"Dances then and now, safety in Glenville",
41,"Safety cont., parenting",
42,"Family meals, attending church",
43,"Antioch Baptist, Second New Hope, Olivet, seeing MLK",
44,"MLK in 1968, ""books not bricks"", Olivet celeb appearances - Clinton, Gore, Oprah, Bernice King",
45,Olivet celeb appearances cont.,
46,"Bernice King, Stephanie Mills at Olivet",
47,"Inspiration from speakers' appearances, sitting next to Moms Maebly at Antioch church service",
48,Moms Maebly cont.,
49,"Gold Coast, community engagement",
50,"Glenville Plan, how Glenville went from prominence to abandon houses",
51,"Maintaing property value,",
52,Glenville now,
53,"Glenville now cont., ",
54,Racial discrimination in the workforce,
55,Prejudice in the workforce,
56,Postal Service prejudice,
57,"Postal Service prejudice being a station manager cont., ",
58,"Postal Service prejudice cont., ",
59,"Racial discrimination, but also whites being nice as well",
60,Discrimination in the South versus the North,
61,Buying a house in 1975 as a single woman,
62,"Hough Riots (ed: I think she meant Glenville riots), Black nationalists, ",
63,Glenville Riots cont.,
64,"Glenville Riots cont., MLK",
65,Angela Davis,
66,Glenville Riots,
67,Aftermath of Glenville Riots,
68,Playing in schoolyards,
69,"Impression of Glenville growing up versus present, safety",
70,"Safety cont., community involvement within neighborhoods and Cleveland",