Tapping into untold stories of Greek immigrants
New Queens College project archives the oral history of Greeks in New York City
This oral history project is collecting stories from Greek immigrants during the 1960s and 1970s to NYC. - - Donna Poisl
BY LISA L. COLANGELO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The second wave of Greek immigration to New York City between 1965 and 1980 dramatically reshaped the landscape of Queens and turned Astoria into the second largest Hellenic city outside of Athens.
A groundbreaking oral history project, launched Thursday at Queens College, is collecting the stories of those immigrants before they are lost.
“We have to capture this moment,” said Queens College Sociology Professor Nicholas Alexiou. “There is no archive for Greek-Americans.”
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