Interview with Erika Grant, April 23, 2024
Project: West Chester University: Nile Swim Club Oral History Project
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Grant discusses her childhood and adolescence at the pool, working as an administrator at the pool, and her current relationship with the swim club. Themes of racism , black tenacity, and determinism are discussed throughout the interview, as well as Yeadon and East Pennsylvania history.Interview Accession
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Childhood Adolescence Yeadon, Pennsylvania The Nile Swim Club Black history Swimming history Swimming pools Swimming clubs Black owned business Community West Chester, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Anthony Patterson Overbrook Winfield (West Philadelphia) Tustin Andre Andrews Tommy Young Donna samuel Tommy Jackson Myra Bonsall Etta Pugh Ms. Jackson Mr. Walker Robert Kodosky Alice Payne Fern Mathis Joanna Erlin "Nana" Mellix Huetta Mellix Ms. Bailey Susan DavisInterview Rights
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Grant, Erika Interview by Asher Lawrence. 23 Apr. 2024. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Grant, E. (2024, April 23). Interview by A. Lawrence. West Chester University: Nile Swim Club Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Grant, Erika, interview by Asher Lawrence. April 23, 2024, West Chester University: Nile Swim Club Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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