Please join us on Sunday November 21, 2021 at 4 p.m. at the Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson Street to celebrate the release of another Hoboken Oral History Project chapbook, “All the Salsa! Recollections of Milquella “Milca” Guzman.”

Milca Guzman and her family arrived in the United States from the Dominican Republic, and after a few years in Boston, made their home in Hoboken. Milca recalls the lively city of the 1970s, where about 40% of the population was Spanish speaking. Residents danced in the streets to music pouring out of windows and men played dominos on the sidewalks. But it was also a time of fear and danger for tenants like Milca, as threats of arson mounted in the gentrifying city. Milca recalls those hard times and also her abiding joy in her family, the children she keeps safe as a security guard in the public schools, and her love of the city she calls home.

The Hoboken Oral History Project is a project of the Hoboken Historical Museum and the Hoboken Public Library, and was supported by a Special Projects grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, Department of State.

The event is free; all who attend will receive a copy of the chapbook.