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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0328
  • TitleBridging the Gap: Our Streets, Our Stories interview between Amala Madubuko and Sylvia Kaplan at Central Library on July 30, 2024
  • SummaryIntergenerational interview with Amala Madubuko, a 16-year-old student, and Sylvia Kaplan, a 76-year-old older adult. Amala and Sylvia interview each other, sharing their stories and personal histories, for Our Streets, Our Stories oral history collection. Recorded on July 30, 2024. Subjects include: Educational Alliance; CUNY Law School; Playing sports; Family dynamics.
  • Date2024-07-30
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (44 min.) : digital,WAV
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteThis interview was held at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch with Amala Madubuko and Sylvia Kaplan on July 30, 2024, as part of Bridging the Gap: Our Streets, Our Stories – an intergenerational oral history collection at Brooklyn Public Library. This initiative is supported by funds from The Eisner Foundation.
  • Biographical NoteAmala Madubuko is a high school senior currently residing in Queens, New York and is a first generation Nigerian American. Sylvia Kaplan is also first generation; her parents emigrated to New York in the 1920s from Russia. Sylvia currently lives in Brooklyn.
  • CreatorMadubuko, Amala; Kaplan, Sylvia
  • SubjectEducational Alliance (New York, N.Y.) ; City University of New York. School of Law at Queens College ; Sports ; Families
  • CollectionBridging the Gap collection
  • PlaceProspect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library
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