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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0088-accs
  • Summary(0:23) Professional accomplishments -- (0:55) Reparations project with JACK -- (1:29) Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s -- (2:02) Seeing concerts at Loew's Theater -- (2:33) Gentrification -- (5:05) Creative plans for 2017 and upcoming book "Southern Gals" -- (6:22) Mother’s death -- (6:53) Attending Fashion Institute of Technology -- (8:39) Giving and receiving mentorship -- (11:13) Importance of setting goals.
  • Date2017-02-03
  • Physical Description1 sound file (12 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorRivers, Gail
  • 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 February 3, 2017, by Torey McNeil at Central Library for the Let's Talk 2016 initiative. 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.
  • SubjectGentrification ; Housing development--New York (State)--New York ; Older People ; Reparations ; Housing ; Housing development ; Retirement ; Publishers and publishing ; Duffy, Alec ; Brown, James, 1933-2006 ; Fashion merchandising ; Marketing
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Gail Rivers on 2017 February 03.