Gladys Weaver Clip 3: Impact of Public Housing Developments
Collection: Gladys Weaver Oral History
Date: Time Period: circa 1950; 2013-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2013
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder with Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension:
Total running time: 00:05:44
Creator: Gladys (Simpkins) Weaver interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo and Barbara Deyoung-Ezell
Identifier: aql:16151 weaver_gladys_clip3
Description: Gladys Weaver's family was one of the first African American families in Jamaica, Queens. Their neighbors were predominantly Italian until public housing projects were built. She describes the way homeowners were persuaded to buy and sell along racial lines.
Creator :
Gladys (Simpkins) Weaver interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo and Barbara Deyoung-Ezell
Date :
Time Period: circa 1950; 2013-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2013
Summary/Description :
Gladys Weaver's family was one of the first African American families in Jamaica, Queens. Their neighbors were predominantly Italian until public housing projects were built. She describes the way homeowners were persuaded to buy and sell along racial lines.
Subject :
Public housing; Residential real estate
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Saint Albans, New York, NY Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder with Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 00:05:44
Identifier :
aql:16151 weaver_gladys_clip3
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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