Interview with Nick Nims
Item
Title
Interview with Nick Nims
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
Nims, Nick (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video file has been edited for clarity. Althemese Barnes interviews Nick Nims, a Tallahassee resident, about his memories growing up during segregation in Frenchtown, a Historically Black Neighborhood. He talks about his family, his memories of the city landscape, community interactions, and about the Riley house and family. He also recalls his memories of working at his family's grocery store. At the end, he touches upon his family leaving the grocery business and African American displacement through urban renewal and eminent domain.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
0:10:24
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0013
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
African American Social Interaction
Community Interactions
African American Displacement
Eminent domain
African American families
African American extended families
Pioneer Tallahassee Families
Business enterprises, Black
Frenchtown (Tallahassee, Fla.)
African American Historical Neighborhoods est. before 1930
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)