Norma Lee, Clip 1: Ethnic Shift in the Neighborhood
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Norma Lee
Date: Time Period: 1970s; 2013-05-22; Interview recorded: May 22 2013
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:06:41
Creator: Norma Lee interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo
Identifier: aql:20556 lee_norma_clip1
Description: In the summer of 1971, after Norma and Robert Lee moved their family to Laurelton, Queens, they soon noticed a dramatic racial shift in the neighborhood. Norma's parents were Jamaican immigrants and her husband, Robert Lee is Chinese American. She was active with her neighborhood block association and describes the contributions and improvements made by African American neighbors to their homes. In later years, renters moved into the neighborhood, families often sharing what used to be single family homes.
Creator :
Norma Lee interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo
Date :
Time Period: 1970s; 2013-05-22; Interview recorded: May 22 2013
Summary/Description :
In the summer of 1971, after Norma and Robert Lee moved their family to Laurelton, Queens, they soon noticed a dramatic racial shift in the neighborhood. Norma's parents were Jamaican immigrants and her husband, Robert Lee is Chinese American. She was active with her neighborhood block association and describes the contributions and improvements made by African American neighbors to their homes. In later years, renters moved into the neighborhood, families often sharing what used to be single family homes.
Subject :
Neighborhood leaders; Cultural pluralism
Rights :
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.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Laurelton, Queens, NY Laurelton (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth.; Total running time: 0:06:41
Identifier :
aql:20556 lee_norma_clip1
Rights Notice
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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