Juanita Floyd and Sara Berry
Recorded
March 13, 2021
Archived
March 13, 2021
29:16 minutes
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Id:
mby020496
Description
Friends Juanita Floyd (59) and Sara Berry (54) share a conversation about Juanita’s experiences integrating her elementary school in 1969 as the only Black student in her grade and about the value of trying to make a difference in other people’s lives.Subject Log / Time Code
SB talks about how she first met JF.
JF tells the story of being rescued from a swimming pool as a teenager.
JF talks about how her mother prepared her for the 1969 school year, when JF would integrate her elementary school as the only Black student in her grade.
JF talks about her first days of school at her new elementary school.
JF talks about how her mother’s plans and preparedness eventually led JF to graduate from college.
JF talks about the value she learned from her mother of making a difference in other people’s lives and how she has passed down that value to her children.
JF talks about how she and SB came to write a children’s book together about her experiences.
JF talks about how she came to work at Create Foundation and the difference one person can make in the life of another person.
SB shares how thankful she is to be friends with JF and how JF has impacted her life.
SB and JF tell a story about a book signing where one of JF’s second-grade classmates was in line.
Participants
- Juanita Floyd
- Sara Berry