Al Rankin, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Al Rankin
Date: Time Period: 1975 - 2016; 2016-04-29; Interview recorded: April 29, 2016
Material: Digital audio recording made using H2n Zoom digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:41:30
Creator: Al Rankin interviewed by Reshad Hai
Identifier: aql:19430 qmp-ar-full-000009
Description: Al Rankin - Full Interview: Al Rankin has been living in Flushing since 1975. He settled in the Carlyle Towers on Kissena Boulevard and has been there ever since. He is a part of the Northwest Chapter of the NAACP and the Democratic Club of Flushing. He recalls his time being in those clubs, the activities he was a part of. Al talks about being a teacher in College Point and then doing real estate. He gives his thoughts on the black community in Flushing and his predictions for the future of the neighborhood.
Creator :
Al Rankin interviewed by Reshad Hai
Date :
Time Period: 1975 - 2016; 2016-04-29; Interview recorded: April 29, 2016
Summary/Description :
Al Rankin - Full Interview: Al Rankin has been living in Flushing since 1975. He settled in the Carlyle Towers on Kissena Boulevard and has been there ever since. He is a part of the Northwest Chapter of the NAACP and the Democratic Club of Flushing. He recalls his time being in those clubs, the activities he was a part of. Al talks about being a teacher in College Point and then doing real estate. He gives his thoughts on the black community in Flushing and his predictions for the future of the neighborhood.
Subject :
Political clubs; African American neighborhoods; Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Latimer House
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Mississippi Mississippi Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using H2n Zoom digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:41:30
Identifier :
aql:19430 qmp-ar-full-000009
Subject:
Political clubs; African American neighborhoods; Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Latimer House
Political clubs; African American neighborhoods; Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Latimer House
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