{"value"=>"<p>Nineteen video recordings comprising nine interviews that Tony Batten conducted with members of New York State's Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus (BPRC) in the summer of 1985. These interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee's last name. At the time of the interviews, the caucus members were all Democrats, and largely New York State Assembly members representing districts in New York City. The items' scope and content notes indicate their positions at the time of the interview.</p> <p>The interviewees are Assemblywoman Geraldine Daniels, 17th District (Harlem); Assemblywoman Gloria Davis, 78th District (South Bronx); Assemblyman Angelo Del Toro, 68th District (Harlem); former Assemblyman Lloyd E. Dickens, 11th District (Harlem); New York City Clerk David Dinkins; Assemblywoman Aurelia Green, 76th District (Bronx); former State Senator Basil Patterson; former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton; and Assemblyman Albert Vann, 56th District (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn).</p> <p>Internal documentation indicates that at least some of Tony Batten's interviews with the BPRC were conducted on behalf of the Schomburg Center as part of a broader oral history project. In addition to the interviews in this series, Batten interviewed William Frank Boyland, Herman Denny Farrell Jr., Roger Green, Andrew Jenkins, Cynthia Jenkins, Helen Marshall, and Israel Ruiz. See the Related Materials note for additional information about these interviews.</p>"}