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Oral History
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"The Race and Change Project" is a research study of race relations, cultural identity, and social issues through the collection of oral histories of Whites, African Americans, and immigrants of various Hispanic/Latino, Caribbean and Asian backgrounds living in southern communities in the U.S. Oliver has conducted research projects on race relations experiences in diverse areas ranging from the booming multicultural city of Hollywood, Florida to North Fork, a small ecologically-significant predominantly African American community along Fort Lauderdale’s historic New River, to women in Ghana, West Africa who have experienced America’s racial climate.
She has also taught field study courses for Florida Atlantic University’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies for graduate and advanced undergraduate students who have assisted in the collection of memories in towns along Florida’s Lake Okeechobee, in Delray Beach, Boca Raton and parts of Fort Lauderdale for the historical archives. They have also produced projects for public presentation exploring racial attitudes through personal experience and societal change.
"The Race and Change Oral History Collection" has over 100 interviews on race relations and is one of the only historical archives which features multicultural-multiethnic narrators. Blacks, Whites, Hispanics/Latinos, Caribbeans, and Asians share their growing up experiences in various parts of the U.S. as well as other countries, and their encounters with race, focusing largely on the era prior to and just after passage of the Civil Rights Acts of the mid-1960s. The interviews, collected by Oliver and university students she has trained, are housed in Special Collections at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. Fort Lauderdale, Florida and available to researchers.
"The Lift Every Voice Writing Project" is an outreach to communities interested in learning how to develop and conduct oral history projects and share those memories with others. Through consulting and workshops, Oliver helps residents get started preserving their family and cultural memories, working in particular with people from the Caribbean and other immigrant communities. Through this project, she also conducts writing workshops for adults and young adults who want to tell their own stories in a creative way.
For more information about future courses, projects, and consulting services, contact KittyO@KittyOliverOnline.com or call Kitty O. Enterprises, Inc., (954) 382-0793.