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Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely speaks to OWS at Foley Square

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Uploaded by on Nov 16, 2011

Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely's complete speech to Occupy Wall Street at the Verterans Day event Foley Square on 11.11.11.

The links have some background information on the Honorary Mayor of Harlem, Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely.

A 2003 article from New York Times titled "Harlem's Queen Mother, by Acclaim; Honorary Mayor Traded Convent for Life of Street Charity" http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/20/nyregion/harlem-s-queen-mother-acclaim-hono...

More recently this article, "Occupy Wall Street Protesters Occupy Harlem Boiler Room, Get Tenants Heat And Hot Water" describe how a collaboration between the Queen Mother and Occupy Wall Street was able to restore heat to her building in the Sugar Hill neighborhood in NYC. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/07/occupy-wall-street-protes_n_1080250....

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