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This image provides a view of the the water park in Jones Park. You can go to this water park on a hot day and have some fun in the sun. They also provide lunch in the front, if you get hungry.

The Jones Park Lake wasn't there until it rained before the park was built.

This image provides a view of the entrance to the water park. This is also where you can go to get some lunch if you get hungry. It is free, so if I were you, I would go!

This bench features a mosaic by Edna Patterson Petty and was named after Dr. Udell S. Thomas.

This image shows a soccer field that is behind the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. This field provides space for community members not only to play soccer, but also to have space to be outside and enjoy space to run and play together.

In this oral history interview, conducted by Branden Roby and Lee Sayles, at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Tyrone talked about sports like track. Women were allowed only to run track and play baseball. He talked about music, and…

In this oral history interview, conducted by Karl Lofton and DaQuain White at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Lucille Harrin discusses how school was for her as a child; it was not so good. This was because she lived in the…

In this Oral History interview, conducted by DaQuain White at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Willard Dones discusses the schools he went to growing up. Though he didn't really talk about the environment and music, he talked about…

In this oral history interview, conducted by Karl Lofton and DaQuain White, at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Yvette Johnson talked about fashion and how she had always wanted to have her shoe made in big companies.
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In this oral history interview, conducted by Damont Jenkins and Kendrick Barker at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Loretta talked about how she didn't go to school in East St. Louis she went to school in Missouri. Loretta said the…