Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings
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Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
4-28-2016
Abstract
Stefanie Crump interviews Terrance McMillan for the Archiving Black History in the Inland Empire Project. McMillan explains that he used to be a parole agent for incarcerated youth and, at the time of the video, had retired and gone into the real estate business. He is an educated man, going to many schools in his youth and multiple colleges. While working as a parole agent he spent eight years in the SELF program. There, he and others helped young African American boys stay away from violence and gangs through support and positive mentors. McMillan, along with the help of his wife and his sister-in-law, created the Bakari Rites of Passage Program. After two years, the program stopped and McMillan expects to get around to restarting it again. The interviewee then speaks about the study the University of Michigan did from the years 1950 to 1983. It was a study that went over what influenced youth and he noticed that school started to become less and less of an influence while peers rose. McMillan sees the need to teach the youth education as well as trade. That way, the youth will have skills that will make it easier to land a job or career. The interview ends with McMillan advising future mentors. That being for the future mentors to be committed and learn about Black culture, see the positive contributions, and help others.
Recommended Citation
Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation, "Terrance McMillan" (2016). Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings. 52.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/bridges/52
