Interview with Cleo Hall
Item
Title
Interview with Cleo Hall
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
Hall, Cleo (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video file has been edited for clarity. Althemese Barnes interviews Cleo Hall about growing up in Frenchtown, a historically African American community in Tallahassee. He recalls the businesses, houses, and the social interactions he experienced before much of the area was demolished. He traces his memories of what the urban landscape looked like and the different black businesses and families in the neighborhood. He also talks about living in the Jim Crow era, briefly mentioning interactions with law enforcement officers and with other white people and businesses.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
1:09:11
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0004
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
African American Social Interaction
Leon County (Fla.)
Community Interactions
African American Historical Neighborhoods est. before 1930
Business enterprises, Black
African American professional employees
Frenchtown (Tallahassee, Fla.)
African American families
African American extended families
Segregation
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)