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["Thomas Toliver, 87, at the time of the interview, is an urban gardener of the West Side of Charleston. He works in prisons as a mentor, and has taken in children of incarcerated people through his organization Family Youth in Development Service, Men and Children of Prisoners. In his urban garden, he is particularly interested in working with unhoused people. Toliver grew up working on a plantation-like estate in the Charleston neighborhood of South Hills, where his father was a gardener and chauffeur and his mother was a maid. Toliver was interviewed by producer Aaron Henkin with Emily Hilliard as part of the Out of the Blocks podcasts two episodes on Charlestons West Side. Learn more: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/17/out-of-the-blocks-podcast-highlights-charlestons-west-side-west-virginia-folklife-hosts-listening-party-february-12/"]

1. Transcript of oral history of Thomas Toliver

Identifier:: 4224.ToliverThomas.IntTranscript.11.22.19
Title:: Transcript of oral history of Thomas Toliver
Date:: 2018-11-22
Creator:: Toliver, Thomas
Contributor:: Hilliard, Emily and Henkin, Aaron
Subject:: Drug addiction--Treatment, Social work with the homeless, foodways, Urban gardens, Gardening, and African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:: Charleston (W. Va.)