Paul Graham, a beloved, respected, active member of the community, who provided many decades of dynamic leadership to the village of Yellow Springs, died July 24. He was 94.
Loud As the Rolling Sea — An interview with activist, educator Jewel Graham • The Yellow Springs News ysnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ysnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Jewel Graham: My full name is Precious Jewel Freeman Graham. Freeman s my maiden name. Graham is my husband s name, and the rest is my name.
Dr. Kevin McGruder: And where you re at your home on Corry Street in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Where were you born?
Jewel Graham: I was born in Springfield.
Dr. Kevin McGruder: What was Springfield like when you were growing up?
Jewel Graham: Springfield was a thriving community when I was growing up. It was a manufacturing center. It was on forty and the trains came in and there were a lot there s lots of manufacturing. It was fairly open to Black men in the sense that it was hiring Black men in manufacturing jobs before a lot of other places were. It was a segregated community, except the schools were not segregated, schools were integrated. All of us went to the same schools. But all in all, it was you know, it was a pleasant place. I mean, it was, it wasn t unpleasant, you know.