Short Oral history with Marsha Boyd; 2023-09-16 [Transcript and Audio]

Boyd talks about her childhood at the NGC and her father who was a carpenter. Her father and other men worked on the Center. Boyd's mother and Nettie Gregory passed away the same year. She details how her and others would make food at the Center. She talks about how they would bring potatoes and make french fries with the deep fryer. Boyd also talks about her mentorship with Alberta Henry and membership with the NAACP. Marsha talks about the NAACP Sisters of Soul Drill Team and after school programs at the Nettie (NGAP). She talks about the summer daycare center through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for low income people. The program took children to multiple activities like the Northwest Multipurpose Center, Jordan Park, International Peace Gardens, and Liberty Park. In addition, the center had dances, parties, basketball tournaments, and fundraisers. Boyd worked as an assistant minority counselor in schools due to Alberta Henry's influence. Boyd talks about Project New Pride, a charter school across from Pioneer Park. One time there was a school field trip to Zions National Park. Boyd talks about the different organizations she was involved in like Blacks Unlimited and the YWCA. She talks about the theater stage that used to be at the NGC and the plays they had there. She talks about how she ran for Miss Black Utah at one point and how she's a member of Women on the Mark now.