Coming Out on Univision: Maritza Martinez, Latina Lesbian Activist in Queens, 1990s
Activists Daniel Dromm and Maritza Martinez co-founded the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee in 1992. Under their leadership, the commi...
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20 of 26 episodesDaniel Dromm: Queens Pride Parade fundraising in gay bars
In this 2-minute clip Council Member Daniel Dromm talks about fundraising for the first Queens Pride Parade.
Stephen Joseph: AIDS and the Needle Exchange
Stephen Joseph was commissioner of health of New York City from 1986-1990. Already considered one of the most challenging public health jobs...
Stephen Joseph: New York vs San Francisco
Stephen Joseph was commissioner of health of New York City from 1986-1990. Already considered one of the most challenging public health jobs...
The Knapp Commission: Jay Kriegel and Mike Armstrong
In what TheNew York Times today has labeled, “one of the most significant roundups ofpolice supervisors in the recent history of the police...
Sam Roberts on Labor History
Sam Roberts of the New York Times speaks on labor history at the unveiling of the 2016 Working People calendar, outlining important labor mi...
Professor Richard K. Lieberman: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
At the launch party of CUNY's 2011 Health in America calendar, Professor Richard K. Lieberman, director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives...
Dr. June Jackson Christmas: Sydenham Hospital
Dr.June Jackson Christmas, a psychiatrist, was the first African-American womanappointed Commissioner of the New York City Department Health...
The Great Snow Storm of 1969
Sid Davidoff was administrative assistant to Mayor John V. Lindsay for seven years. Jay Kriegel was Lindsay’s Chief of Staff and Special Cou...
Alice and Bill Havlena
Alice and Bill Havlena talk about their experiences with health, healthcare, and access to food during the Great Depression. This oral histo...
John Lindsay's Re-election and Getting the Jewish Vote
Mayor John Lindsay faced an uphill climb in his campaign for reelection in 1969 after losing the Republican primary to John Marchi, forcing...
Rise of the Reformer: La Guardia Radio Programs
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was committed to excising corruption from New York City. He battled Tammany Hall (New York’s Democratic machine) w...
LA GUARDIA AND RELIEF: LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAMS
In the 1920s, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and many people assumed that poverty would be eliminated entirely. However...
Health and Housing- La Guardia Radio Programs
Tuberculosis claimed both Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s wife and daughter in 1921. His devastation over this loss coupled with the grim con...
La Guardia and Aviation
This recording explores Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s lifelong enthusiasm for aviation—from his service as a bombardier in WWI to his suppo...
La Guardia and The Physical City- La Guardia Radio Programs
From the time he took office on January 1, 1934, until American entry into World War II, Fiorello H. La Guardia's public works brought about...
Study with the Best: Steinway & Sons
Professor Richard K. Lieberman, director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, describes the rich history of the Steinway & Sons piano compa...
Public Education in America
Dr. Richard K. Lieberman, Director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, discusses public higher education's history-- the creation of the G...
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Until his death in March 2009, Dr. John Hope Franklin was one of the most renowned historians of his time and the author of many books, incl...
AIDS Activism: Tom Kalin and Gran Fury
Gran Fury was was an artists’ collective that emerged from ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) in 1988 and was devoted to AIDS activism...