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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This picture shows the inside of one of the rooms at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. There is a mural on the wall quoting Psalm 149:3 that says, "Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp."
The Jackie Joyner Youth Center Garden helps the community by grow vegetables and other crops by donating produce to charities. The Jackie Joyner Youth Center Garden is two years old and was started by a family farm.
Inside of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center, there is a statue of the Center's namesake surrounded by pictures of her as well. Joyner Kersee is an Olympic Medalist who was born in East St. Louis.