Douglass Bibuld

Congress of Racial Equality. Brooklyn Chapter

Civil rights movements—New York (State)—New York

Race relations—New York (State)—New York

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—History

In the fall of 1960, when Elaine and Jerome’s Crown Heights apartment was destroyed in a fire, they moved their family from a mixed-income area with a progressive public school (PS 167) to lower income Park Slope were the academic standards of the zoned public school (PS 282) was categorically inferior. When the Board of Education refused to let their children enroll in a higher quality school (PS 200) outside of their school zone, so began a four-month CORE campaign to improve education for the city’s African American and Puerto Rican children.

In this recording, Douglass Bibuld recounts discovering his love for science and literature in the 3rd grade and how he systematically read through every floor of the library.

Purnell, Brian

Cassette 22

Brooklyn Public Library

2004-05-31

Bibuld, Douglass

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Side A 16 min

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22_D_Bibuld

Brooklyn (borough)

1952-2004