Encarnancion Armas, Puerto Rican, interviewed in 1974, talks about her WaterStories.
Encarnancion Armas discusses her time living in Red Hook.
selection from interview:
The Liberty Party Club.
“It was the Liberal Party Club. And we had a party for the children, and we had in the Red Hook Stadium, and it, we caught about 2 thousand Puerto Rican children, we got the toys from the Novelty Toys Worker Union.”
Additional facts:
The Ram, Fordham University's newspaper, reported in 1974 that "Encarnacion Armas, a United States leader in the struggle for the adjustment of Puerto Ricans in New York and other major cities will also receive an honorary degree."