Interview with Melody Capote

Title: Interview with Melody Capote
Description: jah elyse sayers interviews Melody Capote (executive director, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) in Melody's office at CCCADI on September 3, 2025.
Date: 2025-09-03
Language: English
Rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Rights Holder: Capote, Melody
Subject: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute; East Harlem, El Barrio; Spirituality; Caribbean Culture; Puerto Rico; Music; City College of New York; Capitalism; Racial Equity
interviewee: Capote, Melody
interviewer: sayers, jah elyse
knows: Moreno, Alberto; Gago Moreno, Laura; Vega, Marta Moreno; Godreau, Miguel; Jamison, Judith; Dunham, Katherine; Maldonado, Larry
depicts: Jose Feliciano; Tito Puente; Eddie Palmieri; Charlie Palmieri; Nina Simone (music); Richie Havens (music); Jimmy Scott (music); Rolling Stones (music); Nancy Wilson (music); Shirley Bassey (music); Ella Fitzgerald (music); Dionne Warwick (music); Barbra Streisand (music); Johnny Mathis (music); Pearl Bailey (performance)
Spatial Coverage: Puerto Rico; East Harlem, El Barrio; George Washington Houses; Mount Sinai Hospital; Venezuela; City College of New York; St. Lucy's Catholic School; La Marqueta; Botanica Chango; Almacen & Botanica Ochun II