Short Oral history with Duane Bordeaux; 2023-09-16 [Transcript and Audio]

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Title Short Oral history with Duane Bordeaux; 2023-09-16 [Transcript and Audio]
Creator Bordeaux, Duane; Bagley, Carly
Extent 4 leaves; 7:04 minutes
Date 2023-09-16
Description Bourdeaux, the President of the Nettie Gregory Center, talks about his experience at the Center as a child and also as an adult. He talks about how his family would go to NGC and play basketball or have Christmas events for children. Bourdeaux talks about his work with Colors of Success and his hope to reopen the NGC and serve the community.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR23_0082_001_Bourdeaux_Duane.pdf
Contributing Institution Nettie Gregory Center
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Civic centers; Community centers; Community resources; Community Service Organization; Community service for teens; African American youth; Youth Project (U.S.); After-school programs; Memories; Reminiscing; Legislatures, Members of; Parties; Youth Project; Recreation; Activities series; Children; Family; Organizations; Community; Programs; Siblings; Christmas; Basketball; Community; Parties; Entrepreneurship; Playgrounds; Colors of Success; At-risk youth; 1950s; 1960s; Segregation; African Americans; Launch Pad; Careers; Success; Mentorship; Pay it forward series; Helping Hands (Organization); Restoration and conservation; Salt Lake City (Utah)
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5780993/salt-lake-city.html
Rights Management Utah Historical Society
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Language eng
Type Text; Sound
Format application/pdf
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6zkgz5e
Setname dha_pour
ID 2533708
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zkgz5e
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