Abstract

Jimmie Waugh discusses moving from Mississippi to the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio around 1959. He talks about attending Alexander Hamilton Middle School and John Adams High School before joining United States Military in 1965. He then tracks his professional pathway after leaving the military: he worked for the Warrensville Fire Department and then began doing maintenance work for the Thea Bowman Center when it still a part of Epiphany Catholic Church. He talks about the evolution of his work at the Thea Bowman Center, the network of churches in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, and the community surrounding the Thea Bowman Center.

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Interviewee

Waugh, Jimmie (interviewee)

Interviewer

Carubia, Ava (interviewer)

Project

Union-Miles

Date

1-15-2025

Document Type

Oral History

Duration

36 minutes

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