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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0147
  • Summary(1:15) Calling from Flatbush. Home from work from April 6-July -- (1:30) Early impressions of pandemic in April, aware pandemic affecting Black community more -- (2:40) In beginning, COVID-19 testing facilities only drive-thru, in Coney Island -- (3:15) May 9, Representatives Hakeem Jeffries, Nydia Velázquez, Yvette Clarke advocating for Brooklyn churches to be testing sites -- (4:15) Community's trust in churches -- (5:00) Jennifer tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, fears for elderly father isolated in hospital -- (9:00) Concerns for multigenerational households in Flatbush -- (10:50) Racial disparity in COVID-19 deaths -- (11:40) Elderly neighbors died from virus -- (12:50) Drive-by Jamaican funeral -- (15:47) First hearing of the virus from Morning Barbados news program -- (16:47) World Health Organization numbers -- (18:00) Her allergies, public fear of her sneezes -- (22:00) Back at work in July as pre-school teacher. School never closed -- (23:20) Children’s perception of coronavirus -- (25:40) Watching funerals in Barbados online -- (27:30) Barbados handling of COVID-19 -- (30:50) Christian Cultural Center mega church holding online services -- (36:00) Flatbush Avenue: busy, people wearing masks -- (38:00) Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio’s efficient handling of virus -- (40:00) Social distance anecdote -- (43:00) Plasma donation from people with antibodies.
  • Date2020-08-14
  • Physical Description1 sound file (45 min) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorClarke, Jennifer
  • CollectionBrooklyn Covid-19 Stories
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatsound recording
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on August 14, 2020, by Virginia Marshall. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project 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.
  • SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics ; Coronaviruses ; Barbados ; Education, Preschool ; Preschool teachers
  • PlaceFlatbush (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral interview with Jennifer Clarke conducted on 2020 August 14.