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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0008-accs
  • Summary(0:20) Early childhood near Brooklyn Navy Yard -- (0:31) Shining shoes for navy sailors -- (0:54) Albany Projects in Bed-Stuy -- (1:37) Building Manager on Fulton Street for Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation -- (2:52) Hands-on learning -- (3:13) Weekends on Fulton Street during childhood, dreaming of Cadillac Eldorado -- (4:50) John Marshall 210 Junior High School and Thomas Jefferson High School -- (05:25) Vocational learning -- (5:45) Changing job market -- (7:08) Brooklyn Apollo Theater -- (10:28) Summer job grooming horses in Prospect Park -- (10:54) Dropping out of school to work -- (11:33) Mother's work ethic -- (14:05) Respect for elders -- (15:15) Coaching Basketball at Universal Baptist Church -- (15:50) Mentoring young people.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (20 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorWashington, Ray
  • 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 Taina Evans 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.
  • SubjectSailors ; Building management ; Public housing ; Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation ; Public schools--New York (State)--New York ; School dropouts ; Occupational training ; Factories ; Horses--Grooming ; Basketball teams ; Work ethic ; Mentoring ; Youth development
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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 Ray Washington conducted on 2016 June 13.