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Participant inTeeshirt tales episode
“Awesome sauce” Participant in an episode of Teeshirttales
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RAHKIAH ABDURAHMAN SR., ZAINAB ABDURAHMAN ABDUL-ZAHIR & HUDA ABDURAHMAN KNOTT
“His dream, or I should say their dream, was to have this first floor, and it was for a few years, as a cultural center [...] and they had chalk talks, my father called them chalk talks, which was he would sketch pictures and talk about the Caribbean and about Africa’s impact on the United States in the historical view, but he made it fun for kids.”
Rahkiah Abdurahman Senior, Zainab Abdurahman Abdul-Zahir, and Huda Abdurahman Knott are interviewed by Brian Hasbrouck at the New Lots Library on June 26th, 2015.
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HAROLD MOSKOWITZ
“World War II...more than World War II, the Great Depression influenced the people. There was the impulse to save everything in case it might be needed, and to endlessly repair and fix things, because you didn’t know if you’d be able to get a replacement for it, so, for instance my father was raised to be able to turn the cuffs on shirts and turn the collars on shirts when they were worn.”
Harold Moskowitz is interviewed by Brian Hasbrouck at the New Lots Library on July 28th, 2015.
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BARBARA HOPSON
“I was raised by a grandmother who didn’t know her ABC’s, and when I went to school I had nobody with homework...to help me with it. I had to go to the neighbors, and I always wanted better. And I did. And I’m proud of myself about it...I want people to prosper. I don’t care what color you are.”
Barbara Hopson is interviewed by Brian Hasbrouck at the New Lots Library on June 9th, 2015.
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RICHARD HICKERSON & ARLENE FUCHS
“We didn’t know any better, we just had our family together and we lived there...now we have where we face Coney Island so I like to see it, because it reminds me of like here, you know, the history of it...”
Richard Hickerson and Arlene Fuchs are interviewed by Taina Evans as part of the Our Streets, Our Stories: Community History Day event at the New Lots Library on August 29th, 2015.
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LAURA McCARTHER WRIGHT & LISA JACKSON
“They were walking down the street with washing machines, asking people ‘Do you want a refrigerator?’...and here we were, you know, ‘We need some light!’ and you’re talking about selling?”
Laura McCarther Wright and Lisa Jackson are interviewed by Taina Evans as part of the Our Streets, Our Stories: Community History Day event at the New Lots Library on August 29th, 2015.
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