Ralph McDaniels, Clip 7: Growing up in Queens Village
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Ralph McDaniels
Date: Time Period: 1969; 2016-08; Interview recorded: August 2016
Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Abode Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:04:59
Creator: Ralph McDaniels interviewed by David Simon
Identifier: aql:19870 qmp-rm-clip-000007
Description: People from the Caribbean started moving into Queens Village, and the neighborhood started to change with different ethnicities. Ralph’s father had a bumper sticker on the back of the car saying “Queens Fair Housing”; because there were only certain places black people could rent and own property. At the time there were only two black families living on the block, and his was one of them. Everyone got along, everyone played sports.
Creator :
Ralph McDaniels interviewed by David Simon
Date :
Time Period: 1969; 2016-08; Interview recorded: August 2016
Summary/Description :
People from the Caribbean started moving into Queens Village, and the neighborhood started to change with different ethnicities. Ralph’s father had a bumper sticker on the back of the car saying “Queens Fair Housing”; because there were only certain places black people could rent and own property. At the time there were only two black families living on the block, and his was one of them. Everyone got along, everyone played sports.
Subject :
Discrimination in housing; Neighborhoods
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Queens Village, Queens, NY Queens Village (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Abode Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:04:59
Identifier :
aql:19870 qmp-rm-clip-000007
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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