About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0030-accs
  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Gloria Joseph on 2016 June 13.
  • Summary(0:24) Living in Brooklyn since 1963 -- (0:46) The beauty of Brooklyn in the 1960s -- (1:07) Decline in neighborhood safety -- (1:19) Relationships with faith and prayer -- (1:28) Going through hard times -- (2:25) Young woman in Brooklyn -- (2:58) -- Suffer to learn -- (3:30) Problems with theft -- (4:18) Willing to learn -- (5:48) Changes in Brooklyn -- (7:35) Beaches of Florida -- (8:25) Breast cancer -- (10:08) The importance of action.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (11 min.) : digital, MP3
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2016, by Emerald Carter at Quincy Senior Residences. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • CreatorJoseph, Gloria
  • SubjectNineteen sixties ; Community development ; Faith ; Breast--Cancer ; Crime
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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