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Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison, Clip 2: Becoming Aware of the Burial Ground's History

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison
Date: Time Period: 1990s; 2016-04-20; Interview recorded: April 20, 2016 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:45
Creator: Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison interviewed by Christy Orquera Identifier: aql:20871 qmp-mot-rg-clip-000002

Description: Mandingo Tshaka explains how he initially became aware of and involved in the issues surrounding Martins Field and its history as a burial ground, in the early 1990s.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20919

Creator : Mandingo Osceola Tshaka and Robbie Garrison interviewed by Christy Orquera

Date : Time Period: 1990s; 2016-04-20; Interview recorded: April 20, 2016

Summary/Description : Mandingo Tshaka explains how he initially became aware of and involved in the issues surrounding Martins Field and its history as a burial ground, in the early 1990s.

Subject : Cemeteries; African Americans; Indians of North America; Harrison, Julia, 1920-; Williams, Jay; Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground, Flushing, Queens, NY Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:03:45

Identifier : aql:20871 qmp-mot-rg-clip-000002

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Subject:
Cemeteries; African Americans; Indians of North America; Harrison, Julia, 1920-; Williams, Jay; Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy

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