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Collected Item: “Wildstyle Paschall Oral History, 2020/09/02”

Title

Wildstyle Paschall Oral History 2020/09/02

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Shonda Nicole Gladden

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Wildstyle Paschall

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

sngladde@iu.edu

If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.

IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

BLM, artivism, activism, Indianapolis, protests, poverty

What is the format of your recording?

Video

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

Indianapolis, United Northwest Area, UNWA

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

Male

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

Black

Describe the oral history.

The interviewee in this oral history is a Black man who self identifies as an artist whose primary medium is photography; he is also an avid writer and local, community engaged, thought leader. In this interview, he shares his story of growing up in the United Northwest Area (UNWA) of Indianapolis and his experiences of COVID-19, activism and protests for racial justice, particularly following the killings of Dreasjon Reed in Indianapolis and George Floyd in Minneapolis.

On what date did you record this oral history?

2020-09-02
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