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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0029-accs
  • Summary(1:19) Achieving her GED and Bachelor's degree at College of New Rochelle -- (2:06) Serving on the house tour and education committees of Brownstoner -- (3:22) Dropped at age 17 to work at Verizon -- (3:36) Reputation of Bed-Stuy as a bad area -- (4:10) Being one of the only black students in school -- (4:53) Appreciating education as an adult -- (5:10) Growing up in Brownsville -- (6:03) The privilege and responsibility of voting -- (6:41) Learning from history and ancestry -- (7:29) Mother making ends meet -- (7:40) Appreciating where she came from -- (10:55) Writing a book -- (12:20) Appreciating heritage and her parents' stories now that she is older (12:45) Family reunions and family trees -- (15:15) Moving to Quincy Senior Residences after her mother passed away -- (15:47) Loving the social life of the family home -- (16:29) Black-owned homes in Bed-Stuy -- (16:55) Lena Horne's house -- (17:40) Caring for your childhood home -- (17:59) White gentrification -- (18:21) Advocating for your community -- (18:51) Serving as a trustee at the church -- (19:35) The blackout -- (20:55) Weeksville Heritage Center and "Tea with Tia" -- (23:38) Ancestry research and finding relatives.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (27 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorKearse, Elaine
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2016, by Taina Evans at Quincy Senior Residences. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectCollege of New Rochelle ; Retirement ; Education ; Prom ; Suffrage ; Voting ; Racism ; Older People ; Heritage ; Horne, Lena ; Gentrification ; Slaveholders ; Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 ; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 ; Columbus, Christopher ; History ; African Americans--New York (State)
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Elaine Kearse on 2016 June 13.