Nilda Tirado, Clip 9: Difficulties and Discrimination
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nilda Tirado

Date: Time Period: 1950 - 2010; 2010-06-23; Interview recorded: June 23 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:00:53
Creator: Nilda Tirado interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20508 tirado_nilda_clip9
Description: Ms. Tirado says her sister never really felt discrimination besides not being able to buy a house on the other side of Northern Boulevard. When they went to the Prospect Theater to see the movie West Side Story, they witnessed the crowd booing the Puerto Rican gang and cheering for the Italian gang. Ms. Tirado was one of three Hispanic students in her school which was difficult, but she says she adapted.
Creator :
Nilda Tirado interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1950 - 2010; 2010-06-23; Interview recorded: June 23 2010
Summary/Description :
Ms. Tirado says her sister never really felt discrimination besides not being able to buy a house on the other side of Northern Boulevard. When they went to the Prospect Theater to see the movie West Side Story, they witnessed the crowd booing the Puerto Rican gang and cheering for the Italian gang. Ms. Tirado was one of three Hispanic students in her school which was difficult, but she says she adapted.
Subject :
Discrimination; Racism in mass media; Puerto Ricans in motion pictures; Puerto Ricans; Minority students; Motion picture theaters; Prospect Theatre
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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Locations discussed: Waldheim, Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.; Total running time: 0:00:53
Identifier :
aql:20508 tirado_nilda_clip9
Subject:
Discrimination; Racism in mass media; Puerto Ricans in motion pictures; Puerto Ricans; Minority students; Motion picture theaters; Prospect Theatre
Discrimination; Racism in mass media; Puerto Ricans in motion pictures; Puerto Ricans; Minority students; Motion picture theaters; Prospect Theatre
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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