LaGretta Neal

Interview with LaGretta Neal, where she discusses her family life and her lifelong connections to Davidson. Born and raised in the town, specifically in “Brady’s Alley,” she mentions being the daughter of Annie Mildred Lowery and attending Ada Jenkins Elementary School from kindergarten to the 8th grade. Similarly to most of her contemporaries, Lagretta Neal attended Torrence-Lytle High School from the 9th to 12th grades. She talks about her experiences growing up in a big family of 8 siblings, and mentions James Raeford as her uncle. Moreover, Neal shares snippets about her mother, who worked as a chef for a fraternity in Davidson College. After marrying and moving to Charlotte, she graduated from Johnson C. Smith University, and mentions how her granddaughter also graduated from that university. Lastly, she mentions the names of Kaneisha Gaston and Brenda Tapia, two notable Black women of Davidson, and the connections she had with them.