Interview with Ms. Juel Farquhar and her daughters Janine Farquhar and Kathy Ayeh conducted by Sharon Sekhon and Victoria Koos on September 27, 2020 at their home in Yorba Linda.This interview was done for "Shouting from the Margins: Black Leadership in Orange County, 1960 - 1979."
Juel Farquhar and her daughters are community leaders in their respective fields. Juel Farquhar was the first Black teacher in Fullerton and in this interview discussed her husband, the first Black mail carrier in Fullerton. Her daughter Janine was the first Black police officer for the City of Anaheim. And daughter Kathy Ayeh teaches dance for the Fullerton Unified School District after studying dance at UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, and in Africa.
Tags: African American; Black Americans; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Activism; California; Education; Feminism; Police; Interviews; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Orange County; Fullerton; Maple Street Elementary; Wilshire Junior High School; FUllerton Union High School; UC Irvine; Doogan’s Ranch; Fullerton City College; Hollywood; Yorba Linda; Kathy Ayeh; Kathryn Waynell Farquhar; Juel Peters; Juel Farquhar; Braxton Berkley; Sophia Berkley; Brigman Owen; Janine Farquhar