Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

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Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

11-10-2016

Abstract

Brian Townsend discusses his experiences growing up on the Westside of San Bernadino where he attended a Freedom School and was a part of some of the first desegregated classes. Education continued to be of importance throughout his life. It was a value that remained through highschool while taking advanced placement exams, and while pursuing a business degree at USC. He describes the importance of family and the legacy his father, Art Townsend, has left for his family and the community through the foundation of the Precinct Reporter. Brian Townsend remembers his early work as a kid working to lay out the newspaper by hand and he has been able to see the newspaper business change over time. Brian Townsend discusses San Bernardino’s struggles with bankruptcy and the many leaders past and present who fought to make the Westside and the city itself stronger.

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Interview conducted by Lea Michelle Cash.

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