Abstract
Rebecca Kempton discusses growing up in the Clark-Fulton and Ohio City neighborhoods in the 1970s, including memories of Puerto Rican and Appalachian neighbors, Aragon Ballroom, West Side Market, and Tremont. She discusses her memories of the controversial school desegregation order to implement busing. She also recalls her decision to return to live in Clark-Fulton in 1999. She shares her affinity for historic preservation, her campaign to recall a city councilman, and her involvement in what became the Metro West Community Development Organization. She concludes with an extensive recounting of the challenges and rewards of implementing the Neighborhood Connections–sponsored City Repair Cleveland project to clean up and paint murals on alleys in Clark-Fulton in 2013.
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Interviewee
Kempton, Rebecca (interviewee)
Interviewer
Nemeth, Sarah (interviewer)
Project
Metro West
Date
7-7-2017
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
77 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Rebecca Kempton interview, 07 July 2017" (2017). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 956002_955033.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1102
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