Bernard Green and Garrad Green
Recorded
November 20, 2023
Archived
November 20, 2023
39:09 minutes
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Id:
mby023332
Description
Garrad Green (47) interviews his father Barnard Phillip Green Sr. (75) about growing up in Philadelphia, relocating to Alabama, lessons he has learned through fatherhood.Subject Log / Time Code
Garrad Green (GG) asks Barnard Phillip Green Sr. (BG) what it was like growing up in Philadelphia.
BG talks about his time in the Air Force and what it was like for Black soldiers at the time.
GG asks BG what it was like being stationed in Mobile.
GG asks about how BG met GG's mother and how the two fell in love.
GG talks about his mother's family.
BG talks about issues he faced getting back from war and training to work as a respiratory therapist.
BG reflects on going to rehab and what he learned from this experience.
GG shares a memory of going to work with his dad one day.
GG tells BG things he appreciates about him and lessons he has learned from him.
GG talks about raising his own children.
BG shares with GG the pride he has always had in him.
GG talks about what he has learned from his father.
GG asks BG who has been the nicest person he met and about his mother's death.
GG asks BG what he would like his grandchildren to remember about him.
Participants
- Bernard Green
- Garrad Green