Summary(0:24) Life on Barbados -- (1:55) Emigrating to Brooklyn in september 1978 -- (3:02) Adjusting to the non temperate climate -- (4:18) The Starrett City high rise -- (5:13) Going to Brownsville -- (6:24) Experiencing snow for the first time -- (10:35) Getting a job at a “one person factory”, making paint -- (14:26) Interest in health, nutrition and sports -- (15:48) Studying nutrition at Lehman college in Bronx -- (19:10) Taking part time job as a foot messenger to support education -- (21:50) Living in Harlem -- (24:24) The Caribbean immigrant community -- (25:30) Commuting from Harlem to Bronx -- (26:40) Taking Postal Service exam -- (30:45) Working for the Postal Service -- (31:30) Moving back to Brooklyn to take care of mother -- (35:05) Relationship to Brooklyn today.
NoteAudio interview conducted on April 13, 2018, by Taina Evans at Brooklyn College. 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 seventies ; Nineteen eighties ; Immigrants ; Barbados ; United States. Navy ; Starrett City (Housing complex) ; Cricket ; Nutrition ; Sports--Health aspects ; Education ; Tyson, Mike, 1966- ; Herbert H. Lehman College ; Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 ; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 ; Postal service--New York (State) ; Reagan, Ronald ; Diabetes
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Frederick Phillips on 2018 April 13.