Lydia Lopez Allen Oral History Interview

Interviewee

• Lydia Lopez Allen

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Interviewer

Susan Greenbaum

Publication Date

5-7-2009

Date

1994-06-09

Abstract

Lydia Lopez Allen describes some of the businesses on Central Avenue, and discusses how the Afro-Cubans fit into the black community. Allen's uncle, Ferman "Chick" Mirabel, owned a popular bar called Chick's Lounge.

Keywords

African American business enterprises, Cuban Americans, African Americans, Blacks, Afro-Cubans, Central business districts, Commercial strips

Extent

01:11:34; 33 page transcript

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Language

English

Digital Date

2009

Type

Oral History

Media Type

Oral histories

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

A31-00070

Recommended Citation

Allen, Lydia Lopez, "Lydia Lopez Allen Oral History Interview" (2009). Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project. 29.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/otis_anthony_ohp/29