Interview 074 with Norma Williams

Black America and Covid by Sonja J Killebrew

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Interview 074 with Norma W.

Listen to retired educator Norma Williams of Queens, New York—whose parents are from Guyana and their ancestors are from Barbados—share about living, working, and retiring during the Covid-19 pandemic: “I was born a negro and then I became Black…I identify as Black or…Afro-Caribbean…and I’m first generation American. So, my parents came here in 1950. They got married here. They were both the first of their siblings to come here [the U.S.]… I’m American… I’m Black… I’m a New Yorker… which is a whole different thing in and of itself…”

“My intention was to retire in 2023 and in January of 2021 I decided, ‘Nope, I'm not going to make it till 2023, I'll go to 2022,’ and in May of 2020 I was like, ‘Nope, I'm good. I'm done. As soon as I can go, I'm going.’ So I re ... 

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