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  • Call NumberOSOS_Oh_0082
  • Summary(0:17) The year 2016 -- (2:23) Born in Crown Heights -- (3:22) Brooklyn pride -- (3:46) Attended school in Bedford-Stuyvesant -- (4:16) Fortunate to have a family that promoted education and multiculturalism -- (4:41) A prolific singer-songwriter behind the scenes in the music industry, finally releasing her own single in 2016 -- (6:27) Proud Brooklynite who wants to promote the community through her music -- (7:47) Gentrification -- (9:37) A distinct feeling connected to Brooklyn -- (10:06) Rejects common negative assumptions about Brooklyn.
  • Date2017-01-09
  • Physical Description1 sound file (11 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorSmith, Phyllis
  • 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 January 7, 2017, by Torey McNeil at 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.
  • SubjectMusic--New York (State)--New York--21st century ; Gentrification ; Social media ; Education ; Cultural pluralism
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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 Phyllis "Phoenix" Smith on 2017 January 9.