Summary(0:17) Coming to Bed-Stuy -- (1:17) Drug epidemic in 1990s -- (2:20) Improvement of the block due to Spike Lee film shoots -- (3:03) 25th anniversary of Do the Right Thing & the formation of the block association -- (4:21) Neighborhood foundation formed by Quincy Senior Residences -- (4:55) Pride in Bed-Stuy -- (5:35) Family scattered all over Brooklyn -- (6:00) Seeing the potential in the neighborhood -- (7:30) Making friends on Stuyvesant Avenue before moving there -- (8:55) Neighborhood improvement and beauty -- (9:46) Neighborhood loyalty of local residents -- (10:38) Challenges starting block association -- (12:22) Problems with packs of feral dogs during the drug epidemic -- (14:36) Broadway and the blackout -- (17:41) Using public libraries before the internet -- (18:50) The Lions Group -- (19:45) Classes at the senior center -- (21:10) Pride in hard work and neighborhood resiliency -- (22:00) Leaving the legacy of Bed-Stuy and Stuyvesant Avenue.
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.
SubjectNineteen nineties ; Lee, Spike ; Do the right thing (Motion picture) ; Crime ; Drug abuse and crime ; Feral dogs ; Gangs--New York (State) ; Gentrification ; Electric power failures ; Abandoned lots ; Lions Clubs International ; Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) ; College of New Rochelle
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Linda Hawkins on 2016 June 13.