Anita DeFrantz and Jan Palchikoff
Recorded
June 30, 2020
Archived
June 29, 2020
40:20 minutes
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Id:
ddv000032
Description
Anita DeFrantz (67) speaks to her friend and former teammate Jan Palchikoff (69) about their experiences as Olympic Rowers, Title IX Advocates, and members of the Los Angeles Olympic Committee.Subject Log / Time Code
JP and AD speak about their personal history, friendship, and how they became rowers.
JP and AD discuss Title IX advocacy, memories of inequality, and the camaraderie of all rowers who shared barriers and battles.
AD recalls the 1976 Olympic Trials, her fears of racism in Boston, and being a non-white person on the rowing team. JP remembers her happiness at making the team, and some students' shock in the dining hall to see AD. They recall juggling jobs and school with rowing practice.
AD speaks about Title IX in terms of academics, and speaks about her mother being a professor. AD and JP speak about access to sport in those times, and recall meeting and getting close through competition. AD recalls Professor Angela Davis at UCLA.
AD shares details of her experiences as a Black rower, comparing it to today's climate. AD says, "the boat doesn't care about your skin color," and speaks about her endeavors to expand the sport, and other activism.
AD and JP recall the 1980 Olympic Anti-Boycott efforts and discuss sports as a right and form of human experience. AD and JP speak about working on the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Committee.
JP recalls going into organizing and coaching, and speaks of her love of watching others progress. AD and JP reflect on their careers and the strange feeling of being referred to as "pioneers." AD speaks about race as a social construct, and women in the Olympic Committee.
AD and JP speak about how the Olympic Movement has changed their lives, recalling their experiences at the Olympic Village.
Participants
- Anita DeFrantz
- Jan Palchikoff