The Human Development Corp. begins Project Insulate Friday at the site of the HDC Brick-O-Rama program at 1239 North Jefferson. The program helps low-income families cope with winter weather. From left: Mickey Rosen, HDC chief of neighborhood development; Milton Gulley and Miss Kay Goodman, insulators; Lawrence Albert, project supervisor, and Ron Gregory HDC director of neighborhood action. The
This video is a conversation between Alan Laird and Bill Fowler. They discuss the life of Levy Laird, a remarkable African-American who was a cook on the Southern Pacific passenger trains for more than thirty years. Alan Laird tells a poignant story about his father, Levy Laird, whose ancestors were enslaved persons in Louisiana and his (Levy's) journey from rural Louisiana to become a respected member of the African-American community of Oakland, California.