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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0033-accs
  • Summary(0:12) Growing up on the Lower East Side, moving to Albany Houses -- (0:27) Buying a condo in Bed-Stuy in 1991 -- (0:40) Raising kids in Brooklyn -- (0:53) Boycotting Mays department store in the late 1960s and early 1970s -- (1:10) The education and success of her sons and grandchildren -- (1:40) The family origin of her name "Mary Frances" -- (2:00) Activities at Quincy Senior Residences & retirement -- (2:37) Marching across Brooklyn Bridge -- (2:53) Black Panther rallies and community activism -- (3:19) Malcolm X and his powerful public speaking -- (3:37) Racism and employment -- (4:05) Danger of possible Donald Trump presidency -- (4:24) History of Weeksville and Weeksville School -- (5:37) College debt -- (6:12) Hip-hop and racist language -- (7:05) Dance ministry at Bridge Street AWME Church -- (7:30) Beauty of Brooklyn -- (8:46) Fighting the rumored name change for Malcolm X Boulevard -- (9:26) Endless activities for children in Brooklyn -- (10:00) Exposing her children to different cultures -- (10:47) Lives of her direct family members -- (11:20) Summer picnic day at the churches in Virginia -- (11:52) Her father's service in WWII.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (13 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorBrown, Mary Frances C.
  • 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 Emerald Carter 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.
  • SubjectEducation ; Older people ; Retirement ; Marriage ; Community development ; Youth development ; Racism ; J.P. Morgan Chase & Co ; Black Panther Party ; Community activists ; Demonstrations ; Political participation ; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 ; Public speaking ; Trump, Donald, 1946- ; Hip-hop ; Cultural relations ; World War II (1939-1945) ; Veterans ; African Americans--New York (State)
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)Weeksville (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Mary Frances C. Brown on 2016 June 13.