Proctor Podcast

This episode features a 1981 interview by Joel Buchanan on Wilhelmina W. Johnson, who was a civil rights activist and a leading educator in Gainesville, Florida. Mrs. Johnson died in 1999. Produced by Deborah Hendrix.  Edited by Danielle Navarrete.  Copyrighted music by Therapy Shock, Courtesy of Public Room Records, and by the UF University Gospel Choir.

Noted Gainesville community activist Rosa B. Williams speaks with Joel Buchanan about civil rights and voter participation in this 1984 interview. Produced by Deborah Hendrix.  Edited by Danielle Navarrete.  Copyrighted music by Therapy Shock, courtesy of Public Room Records.

In this 1986 interview by Joel Buchanan, Reverend T. A. Wright, former president of the local chapter of the NAACP, discusses his civil rights activities in Gainesville, Florida. Produced by Deborah Hendrix.  Edited by Danielle Navarrete.  Copyrighted music by Therapy Shock, courtesy of Public Room Records.

The 1986 interview between Steve Thiesse and Joel Buchanan featured in this podcast was selected from the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program archives and talks about integrating Gainesville High School in 1963. Produced by Deborah Hendrix.  Edited by Danielle Navarrete.  Copyrighted music by Therapy Shock, courtesy of Public Room Records.