Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison, Clip 3: The City Takes Over the Burial Ground

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison

Date: Time Period: 1930s; 2016-04-20; Interview recorded: April 20, 2016 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 0:01:24

Creator: Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison interviewed by Christy Orquera Identifier: aql:20872 qmp-mot-rg-clip-000003

Description: Robbie Garrison and Mandingo Tshaka describe the city's takeover of the Burial Ground site in the 1930s, turning it into a park and playground.

Title : Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison, Clip 3: The City Takes Over the Burial Ground

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20919

Creator : Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison interviewed by Christy Orquera

Date : Time Period: 1930s; 2016-04-20; Interview recorded: April 20, 2016

Summary/Description : Robbie Garrison and Mandingo Tshaka describe the city's takeover of the Burial Ground site in the 1930s, turning it into a park and playground.

Subject : Cemeteries; African Americans; Indians of North America; Moses, Robert, 1888-1981; Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground, Flushing, Queens, NY Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:01:24

Identifier : aql:20872 qmp-mot-rg-clip-000003