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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0229-accs
  • Summary(0:16) Park Slope -- (0:50) 7th avenue as a dividing line in the 50’s -- (2:04) Working as a paper delivery boy -- (2:44) The Neighborhood now and then -- (3:33) The “Neighborhood police” -- (4:18) 3rd street between 6th and 7th -- (4:58) Segregation in Park Slope in the late 40’s and 50’s -- (6:45) The first experience with racial tension -- (9:02) Territorial attitude among the kids -- (10:38) Going to high school and university -- (11:51) Dropping out and meeting politically engaged people -- (12:57) Attending a demonstration at City Hall -- (14:04) Getting involved in civil rights organisations and unions -- (15:05) Meeting Bill Mackey, getting new perspectives -- (16:45) Getting involved in Brooklyn CORE and Harlem Parents Committee -- (18:40) Losing friends because different attitudes about racism -- (19:32) Lessons from growing up in a safe but segregated neighborhood -- (22:36) Researching a book about race and Brooklyn -- (23:37) Thoughts about Brooklyn today -- (26:40) Advice for future generations -- (29:32) Relationship to the library.
  • Date2018-05-24
  • Physical Description1 sound file (30 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorSalvatore, Nicholas
  • 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 May 24, 2018, by Johan Norberg at the Central library. 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.
  • SubjectCivil rights ; Racism ; Segregation ; Gentrification ; Community development ; Italian Americans ; Irish Americans ; Brooklyn Public Library ; Historians ; Local History ; Pepitone, Joe ; Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York ; Gangs--New York (State) ; Gallo, Joey, 1929-1972 ; African Americans--Civil rights--1950-1970 ; Congress of Racial Equality. Brooklyn Chapter ; Labor unions ; Teamsters ; Political activists ; Demonstrations--1960-1970
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Nicholas Salvatore on 2018 May 24.