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Ivan Lafayette, Clip 2: Korean War Experience

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Ivan Lafayette
Date: Time Period: 1950s; 1997-05-08; Interview recorded: May 8 1997 Material: Digital audio recordingconverted from original recording. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:25
Creator: Ivan Lafayette interviewed by Madeleine Gordillo and Susie Tanenbaum Identifier: aql:24488 lafayette-ivan-clip2

Description: Assemblyman Lafayette lists the Korean War as a turning point in his life. He trained for the war in Georgia and recalls race relations in the South in the 1950s.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22181

Creator : Ivan Lafayette interviewed by Madeleine Gordillo and Susie Tanenbaum

Date : Time Period: 1950s; 1997-05-08; Interview recorded: May 8 1997

Summary/Description : Assemblyman Lafayette lists the Korean War as a turning point in his life. He trained for the war in Georgia and recalls race relations in the South in the 1950s.

Subject : Korean War, 1950-1953

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Georgia; Jackson Heights, Queens, NY Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recordingconverted from original recording.; Total running time: 0:03:25

Identifier : aql:24488 lafayette-ivan-clip2

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