Learn about 50 years of Hispanic and African-American community life in Mesa
Learn about 50 years of Hispanic and African-American community life in Mesa
When: 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004
Where: Mesa Main Library, 64 E. 1st St., Saguaro Room
Who: Mesa residents and community supporters
Why: The presentation is the culmination of the Washington Park Oral History Project
The City of Mesa Library invites all residents to a presentation by
historian Christine Marin on 50 years of Hispanic and African-American
community life in Mesa.
Washington Park was the site of Verde Vista, Mitchell Addition, Tuskegee
Place and the Escobedo housing projects, the earliest and largest
African-American and Hispanic neighborhoods in Mesa.
The library’s Mesa Room-Local History Archives & Special Collections has
collected shared memories of the neighborhoods through oral history
interviews and photographs. The project will become part of the library’s
local history collection and will be used as the basis for a program
educating the general public on the historic contribution of this
community. The project was made possible by a grant from the Arizona
Humanities Council.
For more information, call (480) 644-3730.
When: 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004
Where: Mesa Main Library, 64 E. 1st St., Saguaro Room
Who: Mesa residents and community supporters
Why: The presentation is the culmination of the Washington Park Oral History Project
The City of Mesa Library invites all residents to a presentation by
historian Christine Marin on 50 years of Hispanic and African-American
community life in Mesa.
Washington Park was the site of Verde Vista, Mitchell Addition, Tuskegee
Place and the Escobedo housing projects, the earliest and largest
African-American and Hispanic neighborhoods in Mesa.
The library’s Mesa Room-Local History Archives & Special Collections has
collected shared memories of the neighborhoods through oral history
interviews and photographs. The project will become part of the library’s
local history collection and will be used as the basis for a program
educating the general public on the historic contribution of this
community. The project was made possible by a grant from the Arizona
Humanities Council.
For more information, call (480) 644-3730.
