Exchange Place: How A Small Struggling School Transformed Civil Rights in New Orleans and the Nation
Episodes
12 episodes
Ep. 12 A Cowardly Lion
Episode 12. A Cowardly Lion. Season 1 of Exchange Place culminates with the story of a single mom named Alice Geoffray, the first Director of The Adult Education Center. With seven children back home and no administrative experi...
Ep. 11 Ms. Pamela Cole: Working Life
Episode 11. Ms. Pamela Cole: Working Life. The musical score of Pam Cole’s teenage years included the mellifluous sound of her sister Carol Cole practicing typing while Pam fell asleep in the adjoining room of their small, shotg...
Ep. 10 The Cole Sisters: An American Family
Episode 10. The Cole Sisters: An American Family. Pam Cole was the youngest of four sisters to graduate from the Adult Education Center between 1965 and 1972. Her sister, Carol Cole, was a graduate of the first class who became ...
Ep. 9 Hullabaloo
Episode 9. Hullabaloo. Scores of landlords turned Father Tim Gibbons and Alice Geoffray down as they searched in vain for a location for the Adult Education Center while steering through uncharted and hostile territory. On ...
Ep. 8 Dr. Sandra O'Neal: After Death Communication
Episode 8. Dr. Sandra O’Neal: After Death Communication. Sandra O’Neal was a star student until her sister fell ill. While her mother tended to her sister full-time, Sandra decided to go to work. From that point on, the distract...
Ep. 7 Economic Apartheid
Episode 7. Economic Apartheid. The Adult Education Center was the inspiration of Father Timothy Gibbons. But, at every stage, Gibbons was guided by one of New Orleans’ most influential educators and civil rights leaders, Norman ...
Ep. 6 Ms. Linda Phoenix Teamer: Overcoming Gravity
Episode 6. Ms. Linda Phoenix: Overcoming Gravity. Linda Phoenix Teamer was 19 years old in 1970, the year after Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. One of Teamer’s wistful teenage dreams was to become NASA’s...
Ep. 5 Two Paths Cross
Episode 5. Two Paths Cross. The Adult Education Center was the brainchild of a young, dashing, charismatic outsider – a Dominican Priest from Illinois. Father Timothy Gibbons reached out to the award-winning teacher Alice Geoffr...
Ep. 4 Ms. Lorraine Washington: Tears Like Rain
Episode 4. Ms. Lorraine Washington: Tears Like Rain. Lorraine Washington suffered through the worst forms of segregation, intimidation, and voting prohibitions during the Jim Crow era. However, the promises [and failures] of job...
Ep. 3 Why Now, Why Us
Episode 3. Why Now, Why Us. Jeanne and Jeff Geoffray are the youngest children of the Adult Education Center’s Director, Alice Geoffray. As frequent visitors to the Center between 1965 and 1972, they witnessed the extraordinary ...
Ep. 2 Hilda Jean Smith: From GED to PhD
Episode 2. Hilda Jean Smith: From GED to PhD. A day after her wedding, sixteen-year-old Hilda Jean Smith’s mother dies, leaving her the responsibility of raising 10 younger siblings. Though she eventually drops out of high schoo...