Nettie and Lisa Stewart, Clip 2: Multi-ethnic students at P.S. 20
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nettie and Lisa Stewart
Date: Time Period: circa 1959; 2011-10-21; Interview recorded: October 21 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:39
Creator: Nettie and Lisa Stewart interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20517 stewart_nettie_lisa_clip2
Description: Nettie and Lisa Stewart describe the foreign students (including Fidel Castro's son and daughter) who attended P.S. 20 John Bowne Elementary School in the 1960's. Lisa says classes were segregated with white students in one track and American students of color together with all foreign students in another track. Lisa tells a story about her Italian friend's family all learning (sometimes inappropriate) English via an uncle who was working as a Longshoreman.
Creator :
Nettie and Lisa Stewart interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: circa 1959; 2011-10-21; Interview recorded: October 21 2011
Summary/Description :
Nettie and Lisa Stewart describe the foreign students (including Fidel Castro's son and daughter) who attended P.S. 20 John Bowne Elementary School in the 1960's. Lisa says classes were segregated with white students in one track and American students of color together with all foreign students in another track. Lisa tells a story about her Italian friend's family all learning (sometimes inappropriate) English via an uncle who was working as a Longshoreman.
Subject :
Schools; Segregation; Students; Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016; James A. Bland Houses; John Bowne High School
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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: 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: 0:02:39
Identifier :
aql:20517 stewart_nettie_lisa_clip2
Subject:
Schools; Segregation; Students; Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016; James A. Bland Houses; John Bowne High School
Schools; Segregation; Students; Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016; James A. Bland Houses; John Bowne High School
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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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