Oral history interview with Shirley Greenes, 2009

Scope and Contents

Background and childhood: born 1920, New York City, grew up in the Bronx; education: studied accounting at Brooklyn College, returned to school for masters in holistic health; recollections of Apollo's reopening under leadership of father, Morris Sussman; sentiments regarding Sussman's perceived business relationship to Sidney Cohen and Frank Schiffman; anecdotes of race relations in the community; gay activism; Apollo theater performance anecdotes of performers such as Pigmeat Markham and Ella Fitzgerald

Subjects

• Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
• Greenes, Shirley, 1920---Interviews.
• Rowland, Steve, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and the Apollo Theater Foundation, 2009