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    Marie-Ketlaine Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30. Interview with Marie-Ketlaine Antoine by Ninaj Raoul of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Raoul, Ninaj - Occupational Folklife Project - Antoine, Marie-Ketlaine
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Doreen McGill-Nash interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04. Doreen McGill-Nash discusses her work inside her employer's homes and how she often needs to frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of their own homes and personal lives; her relationship to Domestic Workers United and the movement for domestic workers' rights; and the community of workers that...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - McGill-Nash, Doreen - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Livicia Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30. Domestic worker Livicia Antoine, originally from Camp Perrin, Haiti, is interviewed by Ninaj Raoul, who works for Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Raoul, Ninaj - Occupational Folklife Project - Antoine, Livicia
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Lorna Robley interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-06-04. Interview of domestic worker Lorna Robley conducted by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in this collection, she focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Occupational Folklife Project - Robley, Lorna
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Wyatt Tee Walker oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Richmond, Virginia, 2014 July 09 Dr. Walker reflects on his involvement in the freedom movement, especially his work as Martin Luther King's chief of staff and as the Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) from 1960-1964. He recalls helping to organize the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and supporting Dr. King in transcribing and publishing "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." He also remembers preaching in Petersburg,...
    • Contributor: Walker, Wyatt Tee - Walker, Theresa Ann - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
    • Date: 2014-01-01
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    Liseth Valencia interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04. This interview with domestic worker Liseth Valencia, like others in this collection, focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of own homes and personal lives;...
    • Contributor: Valencia, Liseth - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Undine Brereton interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28 Interview with Undine Brereton conducted by Christine Lewis. Brereton discusses her migration to the United States from Trinidad and Tobago; the barriers created by different educational standards; and her 15 years of experience working as a nanny and geriatric elder care provider. Brereton gives a detailed description of her daily routine working as a nanny, and the various resources (books, cultural spaces) that she...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Occupational Folklife Project - Brereton, Undine
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13 Purcell Conway recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and working many odd jobs. He recalls facing discrimination, participating in demonstrations, and witnessing a riot when attempting to integrate the beach. He also discusses moving to New York City, his career as a police officer, and successfully suing the city for discrimination in promotions.
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Conway, Purcell Maurice
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Lizeth interview conducted by Nubia, 2016-07-13. Nubia, housecleaning day-laborer and activist, interviews fellow housecleaning day-laborer and activist Lizeth [surnames withheld by request]. Like other interviews in this collection, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    H. Carl McCall oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
    H. Carl McCall interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby Catalog Record Only
    The interview includes Carl McCall's memories of growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, attending Dartmouth College and serving in the army. He recalls attending the University of Edinburgh for his degree in theology, his position as chairman of the Council Against Poverty and his election to the New York State Senate. He discusses serving on the New York City Department of Education, his election as...
    • Contributor: McCall, H. Carl - National Visionary Leadership Project - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
    • Date: 2007
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    Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan in New York, New York, 2010 October 23 Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memorial and his service in the segregated army during World War II. He recounts his career as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, including the Brown v. Board of Education case and...
    • Contributor: Sullivan, Patricia - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Carter, Robert L.
    • Date: 2010-01-01

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    Darlene Flores interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-08-24. Domestic worker Darlene Flores is interviewed by Christine Lewis. Like other interviews in this collection, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Flores, Darlene - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York, 2011 July 25 Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt T. Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther...
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cotton, Dorothy F.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Valerie Murray interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-08-24. Domestic worker Valerie Murray interviewed by Patricia Francois. Like other interviews in the this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - Murray, Valerie - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Gil Noble oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
    Gil Noble interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby | NVLP Interview with Gil Noble Catalog Record Only
    The interview includes Gil Noble's memories of growing up in Harlem, New York, his participation in the civil rights movement, and his first jobs as a reporter on radio and television. He recalls covering the civil rights movement and urban riots, and starting his television program "Like It Is." He discusses African Americans in the media, reporting on issues in Africa and ethics in...
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Noble, Gil - National Visionary Leadership Project - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
    • Date: 2010
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    Claudette Foote interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-04-28. Patricia Francois interviews Claudette Foote. She discusses her 14 years of experience as a domestic worker and the various types of domestic work she has done--house cleaning, elder care, child care, etc. She talks about the challenges of synchronizing a child's feeding and sleeping schedule with its parents' schedule. She discusses how her work as a domestic worker "lines up with her role as...
    • Contributor: Foote, Claudette - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Christine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-02-20. Christine Lewis serves as a cultural organizer at Domestic Workers United. She is interviewed by her colleague, Patricia Francois. She speaks forcefully about Domestic Workers United, drawing on her Calypsonian roots and her skills as a steel pan drummer, spoken word artist, and poet. She discusses leaving her home of Trinidad and Tobago for New York City to work as domestic worker. She talks...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Hazel Ann Lynch interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28. Hazel Ann Lynch is interviewed by Christine Lewis. Lynch discusses her experience as a domestic worker; the complications of disciplining children on the job; negotiating her job requirements; dealing with tantrums; negotiating food restrictions when working for "kosher" families; and tells about an experience where one of the children she cared for slapped another child on the playground. Lynch also discusses how she has...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Lynch, Hazel Ann - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Joyce Romain interview conducted by Christine Lewis and Patricia Francois, 2016-03-28. Interviewer Patricia Francois sits down with interviewee Joyce Romain. Romain discusses working as a nanny; and her specialty: working as a doula for women with post-partum depression. She talks about her experience working as a nanny; tells a story about how one of her employers moved to Seattle and how she continued to have a relationship with that family; and discusses the differences between...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Romain, Joyce - Occupational Folklife Project - Lewis, Christine Yvette
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Grahamsville, New York, 2011 July 21 Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending Tuskegee Institute, where he assisted George Washington Carver with research. They tell how they met at a protest of a segregated restaurant in Massachusetts, raising money for Emmett Till's mother, their involvement...
    • Contributor: Bassett, Priscilla - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bassett, Emmett W.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    John Carlos oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in New York, New York, 2013 August 18 John Carlos discusses his childhood in Harlem, New York, the changes that he saw in Harlem with the widespread use of heroin and the splintering of families, and describes the disparities in education for black children when he was growing up. He remembers the influence of black leaders including Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Carlos was recruited to run...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Carlos, John
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Patricia Francois interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2015-12-10. Patricia recalls her history of work in New York City's domestic work industry. She talks about what she brought to the position from her life in Trinidad and Tobago. She discusses the important role that NYC's community of domestic workers played as she navigated the industry; and how she became a leader of domestic workers through the lobbying organization Domestic Workers United. She also...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2015-01-01
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    Althea Haynes interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-03-28. Patricia Francois interviews Althea Haynes about her 22 years as a domestic worker in the Tri-State area. Haynes discusses the abrupt termination she suffered at one of her jobs after 12 years of employment; how her experience growing up in St. Vincent shaped her ability to be a domestic worker; and the difficulty of balancing many different "hats" working as a domestic worker. She...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Haynes, Althea - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Nubia interview conducted by Lizeth, 2016-07-13. Lizeth, housecleaning day-laborer and activist, interviews fellow domestic worker and day-laborer Nubia [surnames withheld by request]. The women are not affiliated with Domestic Workers United directly, but are part of the Workers' Justice Project. Both women are day-laborers. Each morning, they wait for work on a street corner in Brooklyn hoping to be hired. Their corner is one of only two known women day-laborer...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Elbert "Big Man" Howard oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Santa Rosa, California, 2016 June 30 Elbert "Big Man" Howard founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland with Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and others in 1965. Howard speaks of the Party's accomplishments in establishing the free community food programs, free medical clinics, and other service initiatives. He recounts the harassment by the FBI's COINTELPRO initiative, and recounts instances of everyday racist oppression by the state and local officials. Howard...
    • Contributor: Howard, Elbert - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
    • Date: 2016-01-01