On The Block In Harlem | Good Night America (Jan 23rd, 1975)
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- This is Harlem. A place where most everyone has heard of but where most outsiders have never been. Every urban problem that plagues this country is represented here and you can find it all within a few blocks of this rooftop. Broken families, rampant street crime, the worst housing this side of Calcutta, alcoholism, street gangs, and the worst plague of them all drug addiction. Come with us as we take a look at the streets of Harlem.
Good Night America: Season: 2, #13
Episode; Fanne Foxe, Star Trek, William Shatner
Air Date: January 23rd, 1975
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I’m from Uptown Washington Heights and I served in the National Guard in Harlem - mid 80s. My father was in the area using heroin but after he had HIV, I spent five beautiful years from 89-94 with him (it slowed him down and I could spend time with him. ). I had a lot of support from my maternal grandmother and I graduated from John Jay College. I pray for my fathers soul every night and kiss him in those prayers. Despair is a horrible thing. Never give up. Always hope. Always love and forgive. Plan your work and work your plan. I’m an attorney in Miami now, but more importantly, I love the people depicted here. I’m looking back. Sending love. Xoxoxo.
Stay strong
Give thks God as going good for u
I completely relate....great doc, I'm an English Teacher from El Salvador but grew up in Los Angeles
The War on Drugs is WORSE than the Drugs themselves. That's an MD speaking. Your Dad didn't have access to clean needles. And also, if Dope were legal (at least for addicts over Eighteen) all the drug-related crime would END, and the Hoods would get Better.
...AND, do you Know how HIV came to America?? Many folks know it was through Haiti, from Africa. There was, however, a "Haitian Amplification Event, in around 1971-72. One of Papa Docs thugs ran a plasma donation center in Port-au-Prince, named "Hemo-Caribbean." Poor Haitians were paid five bucks/day to donate. There were articles that year, in both the NYT and a Marxist rag dissing on "The Vampires."
Now, Normally, donating plasma is very safe, BUT those Bastards rarely changed out the needles and tubing(!!) You wanna talk about "Wildfire" spread?!? Seven hundred people/day donated there, on multiple machines. The practice was stopped, probably because we began to have Hepatitis B tests, and that plasma must have failed. AND, a LOT of that plasma was shipped to NYC, where it ended jp in the veins of Hemophiliacs. Inevitably, a small percentage of those Men (women don't get the disease) would have been Gay, junkies or Both. The incubation period before you get AIDS is about eight-ten years; much shorter for Older patients.
In 1978, there was a vaccine trial for Hepatitis B (which has the exact same risk factors; Anal Sex and exposure to blood products. Those people were regularly tested, to make sure the vaccine worked-which it DID. Their blood slides were saved.
In 1978 (after ALL those years of bathhouses, leather bars, and needle-sharing) the HIV positivity rate was only about five percent. By 1983??...SIXTY percent.
This is due to the fact that HIV is most contagious the first month after you acquire it, and again when you start getting sick years later. If you just have swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, and Kaposi Sarcoma, you still feel healthy enough for Sex, and, certainly, are healthy enough to shoot up drugs. I should mention that the HIV test became available in early 1985, but, again, the slides were saved.
While the Hepatitis B vaccine was a Good thing in and of itself, but, it also meant that Gay and Drug-injecting people would no longer GET Hepatitis B, and we therefore didn't have a De Facto test for Hepatitis C or HIV. MANY Junkies donated plasma, and could not longer be screened out (until the HIV test came in 1985. The Hepatitis C test didn't come until years after that.)
The next logical question IS...how did the disease initially spread in Africa?? Well, they think a hunter butchered a chimp and cut himself. When Africa was controlled by Colonists, they were inoculating many people against Sleeping Sickness, and other diseases. That was GOOD, except...you Guessed it...they used the same needles and syringes over and over again. Similar practices persist in Subsaharan African hospitals to this day, with IV needles and tubing being reused. This is Also how Ebola spread...it does NOT spread through the Air. There is some heterosexual spread, too, particularly when underage girls are raped, and when women who are female "circumcised" have sex. Tropical diseases like Chancroid, when untreated, can also cause two-way spread of HIV.
The Haitian government denies this theory, saying that NO cases of AIDS were traced to Hemo-Caribbean. They also point out that most of the cases were/are in males. I think that's BULL. Haitians are so sick and weak to begin with-most carry latent Tuberculosis-that untreated HIV killed them in only five years. A few dozen Haitian patients dying of Diarrhea (which AIDS patients get) Pneumonia and TB could have gone unnoticed. IMHO, they need to dig up some corpses from the Seventies and drill their teeth, to check their Dental pulp DNA. Plague DNA survived Six Hundred years, and THAT is what finally settled the cause of The Black Death; they examined skeletons from mass grave sites in the Fourteenth Century. The prevailing theory was that American Homosexuals picked the disease up from sexual tourism with Haitian males. Haiti did have gay tourism in the 1970s, but they probably mostly stayed with their own racial group. They were Wild in those years, (Heck-a Lot of straights were, Too) but they could not have caused such an extensive pandemic on their own.
..and, here in AMERICA?? The head of the Blood Bank in Washington, DC claimed, as late as 1983, that AIDS was only spread ONE WAY, and that our blood was perfectly safe. He (correctly at the time) pointed out that recipients of blood products didn't have AIDS...the full-blown syndrome. This was soon proven to be Incorrect, and many victims died needlessly.
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The kids laughing put such a smile on my face. I pray they made it out!!
Omg i know. My heart could not these poor babies and their puppies.
Same here omg just hearing that laughter amongst what’s going on outside them walls
nope dey became cracck addicks
People having an honest conversation, something that is surely needed today.
Ppl have a honest conversation today 😑
100%
*honest journalism.
What else was there to do back then?
@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 seriously. With no ridiculous censoring.
When the brother said " I can't do no better"... That hurt!!!! 🙏🏽
Yeah, that was was pretty tough to watch 😭
He's speaking Truth for real
I can’t believe this man said he’s been using for 22 years and he’s only 35! He started at 13! God bless
Yup back in 1953 he started getting high he would of been 81 years old today
The Heroin epidemic was REAL. It was designed to destroy the black community further after the civil rights movement of the 60s. The war on drugs was a war to eradicate our people inclusively to not allow our comeuppance in American society. Take away jobs, manufacturing companies, and vocational training for young men and you get this.
I started at 12 1967
Unfortunately that's not uncommon. Drugs dont discriminate age or race.💯👊🏾
@@petierican6079 that's so sad 🙏
I grew up in a crack infested ghetto that looked similar to this. I’m lucky to have parents that weren’t on drugs. Some people weren’t as lucky. I learned a lot.
Word I was lucky my parents didn’t play that drug stuff my pops was a big time gambler in NYC from Alabama mom and pops he had a job we lived good in a nice house in Queens but he said when he went into gambling spots they had all kinds of drugs on the table they say take what you want he said he never did and he was nice with cars working on them so he had a lot of respect no problems son. 7 of us including me big family.
True deep
Same here. My family has lived in Harlem since the 70s, but their good decision to stay out of the drug life and be good parents allowed things to be good for the kids.
...agreed. I saw multiple neighbors in our building Uptown NYC turn into zombies and monsters off that shit!
Good people, who just became a slave to it. Destroyed their looks, family life, and friendships & finances.
One guy who used to babysit us eventually end up TERRIFYING my mother. Not too long after that, our family moved. Scary shit!
@@jackharlowgan5280 damn bro. That’s pretty much how it was in every ghetto in America during that time. That ish destroyed people for generations.
It’s amazing that these heroin addicts speak more articulately and coherently than most youth of today.
That's because the Department of Education hadn't been created yet (1979).
They're dressed way better too.
No IG, no Snapchat, no b.s. social media, and no Netflix. People read books and newspapers back then, so their speech was somewhat more articulate as a result.
Listen to how eloquently Geraldo has written this episode. His commentary is often poetic. Fifteen years later he was hosting that crap talk show, instigating and breaking up fights, shouting at people. American culture coarsened dramatically in the 90s.
I was taking the same
I just relapsed and I'm 4 days clean today. This is giving me a bad feeling and helping me on my recovery. I relapsed after one year of being clean. This is a glimpse of a life I don't want. I have to build a life I want to live. Peace and love to all. Be kind to everyone because everyone has their heartaches. ❤
May The Most High in all His Devinity, keep you, cover you, and bless you. Keep going, one day at a time. 🙏❤️✨
I Am Praying for you 🙏 ❤️ Stay clean
You.will.win.
I love hearing and seeing Geraldo bumpin his gums and shuckin and jivin with the common folks. He lucky he didn't get his wig split.
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Straight facts! Beat him up with that mic..
he is sooooo euro!! Frfr
Geraldo is from Brownsville I think.
@@daltonhanleyjr4142 I grew up in Brownsville before my family literally fled to the Long Island suburbs in '83. Brownsville was 10x's worse than Harlem. It still is. Ask anybody.
It had only been 10 years since Malcolm X was assassinated. I remember my great grandfather telling me that there was a sense of hopelessness around harlem after Malcolm was taken out. Seems like everybody just gave up.
Well said.
You just completely left out MLK ....
Sad
@@blast4me754 you completely downgraded Malcolms legacy with this comment.
Wow, that’s a different perspective. They’re not thinking about how it will affect the community when they’re taking out our leaders.
It’s very easy to tell a story about poor marginalized drug addicted people in Harlem without explaining how and why they became that way.
The CIA allowed the Mafia operating in the south of France to bring the heroin into the country. It's known as the French Connection. It just kept getting worse from after WW2 up through the 1970s.
Harlem is being gentrified in the 21st century did you know?
Because they weren't any good, I had the worst childhood, in Louisiana, and then in New York, and I never did that shit, much less used drugs, my mother (Brazilian) said that if I used drugs, I would be beaten until my ass was white.
So explain it.
@@Reggie-The-Dog you can find videos about Harlem gentrification on RUclips.just search google.
The little girl with the puppies is so precious ❤️
Yes
Geraldo was the man back in the day. He's the reason I took television journalism freshman year in college. Harlem was bad in the 70s, but so was all of New York City. It was an absolute mess. The mayor Abraham Beame was completely incompetent and the city was hours away from bankruptcy. Few know the true history of how bleak New York City was in the 1970s.
People can hate Koch all they want, but he was elected right on time.
@@Batony I actually liked Koch and I agree. He was very personable and brought hope back to NY. He made Guilliani's job of bringing NY all the way back a whole lot easier imo.
He's SEE EYE 👁️ A don't get it twisted or bent
You're praising Ed Koch? Come on, now.😑
Ironically, Donald Trump was one of the people who brought major investors and real estate to the city....as it edged towards bankruptcy. Even Koch admitted this. He began with the hotel by Grand Central Station...then, onto Trump Tower. Meanwhile, Giuliani was actually prosecuting the mafia---a few years later.
By 1989, my immediate family was (mentally,
emotionally) DONE. By February, 1990 (second month into Mayor Dinkins' term) we moved south.
Although I lived in Jersey City, since 2019....I still worked in NYC. But, due to the legalized discrimination of the poison mandates/ injections ....I'm saying "DEUCES", to Jersey and NYC....for good.
Mayor Warren Wilhelm takes the cake as far as destroying NYC (in a 10-year period, while enriching he and his wife).
Eric Adams is the new David Dinkins....and I'm leaving, the NYC/NJ area, again (like February,
1990). *Deja vu* . But, this time....for good. My family has Stockholm Syndrome (like many New Yorkers. Especially the Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers). History repeats itself.
Harlem is bad now
Geraldo really got up into people’s business. Took a lot of balls.
Money talks
Geraldo was a street kid. He absolutely grew up knowing how to handle himself. Saddest part as a society we are not much better off now brotha.
@@jarroddavid8352 You think Geraldo paid for these street interviews? That would’ve been a huge breach of journalistic ethics - which mattered back then - a firing offense and major scandal in those days. These people spoke to him because they trusted him, and he didn’t come off as Mr. White America. And he didn’t insult or judge them in the final report. He never did. He simply told it as it was. We could use a lot more of that today.
@@AFaceintheCrowd01 correct. Would've been hundreds of unfortunates trying to get on tv if he was paying
Was this before the Aids?
I was so serious but that moment where the kids laughed was so precious And Geraldo was so awesome to give them that moment as well
I AGREE
💜d the children’s laughter 2🙏
Geraldo has changed a lot over the years.. He's not the same guy hew as back then
" A Little Harlem Story " I grew up in Harlem 145th and 7th being born in 1981, I learned there's always a bright side to everything. There was garbage in every backyard of every building, and I mean garbage, bags and bags piled on one another from people throwing it out the window rather then a can, and you couldn't even see the floor, but, this was life saving for one child that was pushed out of the window, the 4, 5, or 6 year old fell about 4 stories but with all that garbage it actually saved his life 🙏🏻❤️🍃💪 so remember my beautiful people, there always a bright side and something positive in a negative situation 😁🙏🏻 I ended up on the news I think and got $20 from the child's mother, the boy when falling past right down my window while I was drawing and got help, this was over 30 years ago, feels like yesterday as I'm revisiting the memories, I love you brother and everyone, you're blessed and amazing ❤️🙏🏻💪🍃
Omg Thank God
I was 6 years old growing up in this Harlem. I remember it clearly. Good times, bad times... I remember so much of it. As I get older the names and faces fade. The neighborhoods have changed. But the trauma is still the same.
I look at EVERYONE who supported the Paid n Full movie are idiots now
@@steppababynupe - you truly see the light. That's my same mindset, why do we glorify the Hollywood version of drug use & distribution, but out of touch with the reality and trauma...
These people interviewed speaking so freely with no shame, how can a country such as ours allow communities to fall & crumble ? How can man take advantage of his brother & sister in such ways that take life? My family has been effected by the plague of drugs
Thank God times have improved in Harlem, Bronx, other boros
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@@barryjohnson409 facts. I was brainwashed from hiphop. Until i became a grown man and began to THINK on my own. No more social media, television, completely separated from the matrix
@@steppababynupe metoo!!!! god bless ou people
@@barryjohnson409 You must not pass 110th or 125th btwn Lexington, Madison, and Park. There are junkies by the dozen on any given day
I grew up in Harlem Born and raised on 153rd street on Bradhurst Ave flew Pigeons back in the day those was the days we use to go to Fats Pet shop on 116th street and 3rd ave not to sure but Live thru this era was born in the 1961 and just have to say Harlemites have survived the onslaught from Heroin era the angel dust era & the coke era & the crack era God Bless Harlem for its people and a resilient People !
Systematic Racism in NYC… 🙏🏿 I’m a survivor
@@aliciaisfree systemic*
The quality of the voice------ the microphone 🎤 and technology back then just perfect 💖 thank 🙏 you Gerald 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️ and thanks to all of those beautiful people ❣️ who interviewed and opened their hearts 💕 to let us know in the 21th century how hard life and achieving dreams were in Harlem+ NY backstreets in general....
Yep. Analog for life!
Geraldo is a legend, goes back a long time, did some good work here!
Watching this in 2021 from a laundromat in Harlem. 🤫
Wow that's crazy
Is it different now?
That kid training the pigeons was wiser beyond his years on earth…
He had enough sense to literally remain above the madness below
We grow up fast in NYC. Especially in that era
not really many people were into that in NYC in the 70's
Looky what Majestic Dark Horse said...
I wonder what happened to him or where he is today
I like the fact that the interviewer is blunt, not trying to sugar coat the situation.
I was 15 in 1975 living in Spanish/East Harlem and I remember a gang called the "Satan Spades". And I saw Geraldo once at the Puerto Rican day Parade around 1973 or 1974. I was behind the barricade with my mom watching the parade and lo and behold there he was trying to get under the barricade and into the parade itself but I was in his way. He was polite though.
He’s half Puerto Rican🇵🇷
Nice to see those children still be able to smile and laugh despite the despair in their environment.
They didn’t know their environment was in despair. That was their normal.
Growing up in the ghetto was fun. Much more fun than growing up in a rich neighborhood
@@bryanlane5945 nah
Man I hope they survived and did ok in life.
Amd their bed right up against peeling paint
Back in the day when Geraldo was still a real journalist, before he sold his soul!!!!
I get get soo sick of people going around yelling everyone is selling their soul crap ...What does this even mean and is there video footage of someone selling their soul ???
@@blast4me754 It means that it was before Geraldo sold out his integrity for tabloid journalism.
He was never a real journalist.
Always a joke. Always JUNK.
@@missshannon9790 He's a glorified tabloid reporter.
@@blast4me754 sell your soul for fame.. do some research on how the Illuminati works enlighten yourself to the evil world
Geraldo changing his vocal inflection to be accepted by the locals. Love it!
Code switching at it's finest
I never knew Geraldo was around in the 70’s. I used to watch his daytime talk show in the 80’s.
I have to admit, my favorite part was the laughing Children at the puppy chewing the mic.😄
the second guy started at 13.....and he said he can't do any better .....damn that hit me right in the feels
Is that feeling of hopelessness, that leaves them to Turn to drugs.
Just like Baltimore & that show the wire.
Very depressing lifestyle.
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4 Sure.
Terrible
i wonder if he is still alive he would be 82 yrs old today 😢 or did he ever get clean
Yeah, they got no support. Just like folks today.
Wow. The chuckling of those small kids just made me smile . So touching to hear those innocent , happy voices.🤗🤗❤❤
it was so sweet
1970s New York was Dynamic.
-Street Gangs
-Heroin King Pin Era
-The Rise Of Subway Graffitti
-Hip Hop
-Italian Mafia
Punk Rock and Disco, as well
BREAK DANCING, DJ ing, & RAP MUSIC was just getting started in the BRONX in 1975
The Disco era was peaking
Truth Indeed
That's the Harlem I remember in the 70s. My grandfather used to drive up from Philly to visit his sister and brother in NY. My great aunt and uncle lived on 125th and 7th. I was 14 and used to go up and down the block in the stores. Went to the pawnshop and played with the bass etc. It was so gritty back in the day.
Those were very tough times in NYC. I was a young boy living in Morningside Heights in the early to mid 70’s. These days, I often wonder about the people I knew during that time when I walk through the old neighborhood. Most of them are already long gone.
Wow
I felt for the kid who has the pigeons. He got as far away from the street as he could. He took pride in his work and how he learned to train the birds. I hope he made it out.
“Are you in love with each other?
“Why not?” LMFAOOOO
Shit took me out.
Same 😹😹
1970's Fuckboy
Sometimes
Maria Bautista: yeah, that was funny as hell! In other words,sheeeeeeeeit,!
Wow incredible footage, I grew up on 103 between central park west and Manhattan Ave, I was 10 years old, I remember the scenery being crazy like that, sometimes we forget how crazy it really was back then, now the area looks clean and new.
WOW I know what you mean. I was nine at the time living on 143rd street between 7th and 8th avenue. I was the happiest kid in the world when we moved to Queens that December. I can't believe that guy said he used 40 to 70 dollars a day in his addiction. Our rent in Harlem was 98 dollars a month.
@@debraj8665 Damn!
Yeah looks like Disney land now damn near
103rd st...Douglass Projects...I was born In 1980
I was 9 nine years old..my uncle bless his soul was a victim of that plague..103 and manhattan ave..1976..my young mind..a bunch of Zombies up and down that hill..functional af tho just like my unc..he died with me just remembering what that drug did to me and him..came from camp one yr..wasnt at all sad that he went away..my young me couldnt handle verbal abuse he put on me and grandma..took yrs to find out.. out of 4 bros..he was the absolute smartest..most passionate..crown jewel..creative..clever as fk ..2nd youngest..i.forgive you so much Unc..hope seeing your best film of you up there..Gp still here at 102 yrs old..misses you everyday..Mr Ortiz thanks..im sorry..you opened that can bro..just wanna thank you..hope your family survived whatever it was back then..by way i was building 55 Douglass..100 St..miss them days..Manigualt was such a legend..the Real G.o.a.t
Geraldo asked "where are you getting your drugs from?" The users on the street have no idea. If you really want to know ask the CIA.
Or the Italians back then.
I was in Harlem the summer of 1977. I remember this. But at the playground playing music and mixing was happening. Hip-Hop was on the rise. Times has changed. Look at Harlem today 2022!
Geraldo's voice inflection changing to fit in. Hilarious. Voice changes with the white lady.
Right?! Smh 😂
Geraldo gained their trust.... not every reporter has that gift.
Code swtiched
Shuck and jive
Geraldo is half Boricua🇵🇷and Jewish. He got both in him
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Q: Are you in love with eachother?
A: Why not
LMFAOO WTF THIS NIGGA HARD BRO 😭😭
Word I’m like what 😂😂😂😂
Cold blooded
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Right, and she really think he would do the same for her. Low self-esteem at its finest.
he got them to be honest about it. good to see. getting into recovery requires honesty, open mindedness, willingness (HOW). I saw hope for these beautiful human beings.
That was amazing. Difficult, but good to see real footage of this time and how we got where we are.
I agree. As far as I’m concerned this is historical footage & I’m glad it still exists.
Man this is sad 😔 Almost forgot how aggressive Geraldo was with his interviews.. He’s like the Original Vlad..
Facts.
He wonders why gotti wanted too kill him
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@@jfontanez1838 Maybe cause Gotti was a criminal? What criminal likes journalists? lmao
Agree!!
VLAD NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH..
I always smile and laugh when I see videos of my parents generation growing up through the 1960's and 70's because they were just as into drugs , gangs, fashion , slang and looking cool as the 90's and 2000's teens ..I wish I could see the 1970's , 1960's ,1950's and 1940's in HD .
Facts me too
It goes back to the Industrial Revolution with the gangs especially on the East Coast but yeah even in the 1920s, 30s, & 40s you had people smoking reefer and wearing zoot suits with their own slang. They have documentaries on youth gangs from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s on youtube still.
I rather be born in the 1940s than the late 90s I missed alot
It was a decade of grifters getting rich on the sacrifices of those who fought to liberate Europe from Fascism. The veterans of that war did well for themselves but now they're a dying breed. There are no Generals alive today that can say they've won a war but instead they're getting rich off war.
Facts they act like they generation was so perfect.lol
Now that was a blast from the past ! Great work by Geraldo !
The children warmed my heart
And you warm mine 😍😍😍😍
That man said about his arm “ when I look at it, it hurt my feelings! “ That’s deep!!
They look pretty fresh in comparison with the fentanyl zombies nowadays
I thought the same thing. The Heroin was perhaps “ safer” back in 1975?
Truth
Amazing journalism! Raw and uncut. Excellent work Giraldo!
hit me hard when the kids started laughing, i really hope those kids got out of that environment
me too, but 9 times out of 10...their lives turned out just as bad if not worse! Sad as hell.
they probably didnt and most of them are probably dead
@@Materva-hv6sz their most definitely dead
How much a bag of Heroin then
I wonder what ever happened to those dogs...
This is DOPE footage. I like how they showed the gang on the roof because it reminded me of the show “ the get down”, same style of dress and all.
My mother started at 8 & got off of it she was 24 & has been clean 35yrs,this era was a prelude to us being teenage dealer's in the crack era...
I see you family.
Who put a needle in her arm at 8 years old..That's crazy
Thank God that your mom got clean. Blessing to her . God bless
$ boss players
That was that Era, the gringo always got a remedy for the indigenous.... Gun's aren't made here & cocaine cocaina isn't grown here.... So how out of all places does Afghanistan heroin get to America in bulk daily.
Crazy to think this was almost 50 years ago!
Oh yes,Time flew on by.
In the early 90s I had a girlfriend that lived in the upper westside of harlem neighborhood called SugarHill..She lived on a drug infested block.. the building she lived in was horrible..elavator wouldnt work.. steps was missing on the stairwell...Shooting was every 2 weeks downstiars..I was living there also..Very depressing..Sometimes I would have to go home to quiet Queens where my parents lived at to get peace of mind...But now in the present day..the block she lived on is beautiful..no more drugs..the building she lived in has been renovated..very nice quiet block..
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The wonderful kids & puppies 🌅🕊️🙏
It used to be Harlem/South Bronx now its Chicago. They always use an inner city as an example of the worst in our country. I was raised in NYC and have traveled all around the US. There are places in West Virginia today that look worst than Harlem in the 70s.
Ikr, west Virginia has a rep...
what's your point?
@Keltic Ride that’s an ironic reply to my comment
Yeah WV and Southern Ohio are shot out.....junkies everywhere smh
@@ThatGuyEclipz330 yeah I been to West Virginia and that was the first time I've felt fear .The whole part of town I was at seemed filled with meth heads.People walking around with no teeth in their mouth.
I’d love to see a where are they now episode..even though most of them are probably dead I know a few gotta still be around
2022 and this video just popped up randomly and I'm happy that I saw it it just shows back then people had real problems and real issues to complain about not about how people felt
life repeats itself all the time..this is going on right now in Philadelphia 2021..and worse than ever..
Yeah Philly is pretty bad
True but me and some others are trying to change this sorry reality.
Philly is awful!! But ther is no herion anymore its all fentanyl and trank. Just whatever the chineese send over is what ya get. The dope now days has no legs gotta constantly look to fix!
@@robc_zombie so sad..
I'm from NY Philly always been crazy they smoke a lot of dust 2
It's cool to see how my old neighborhood looked in the 70's, I grew up in the late 90's and it was much cleaner then
80's
Do you recognize any of these people?
Not in the 90s in NYC..Today yeah but not in the 90s..Present day most of the blocks are cleaned and renovated but still got more to go..
Certain parts of Uptown in the 70's were worse than 3rd world conditions....
How a country as economically prosperous could allow conditions as abysmal as this to fester is nothing short of criminal and evil..
The so called greatest economic, political and scientifically advanced nation in the world at the time having people live like this in its greatest city where Wall Street is just miles away in Midtown is mind blowing.
"that's their problem.." i love how geraldo exclaims frustration with his hands, as if he wanted to respond with "well damnit man can't you just get a regular job or something and not have to do this anymore??" 😆 that camera cut off way too soon
This is so informative thanks a lot for posting this
Being born in 1985, it's crazy to see the 70s style and slang in this video. 🤣 I like it!
If you like this, then I recommend 80 Blocks from Tiffany’s
I was born in 98 and I talk just like this
I was born in 98’ but everything about the 70s is fascinating to me.. nyc drug lords, the sneakers, the fashion, the city, the mom and pop aspect of neighborhoods, etc. born 30 years too late.
@@mauricioreal7384 watch 80 blocks from Tiffany’s
ME TOO!
Born and raised in Harlem. I was about to turn 14 in 1975. I use to see the junkies coming home from school when I was in the 5th grade. I was terrified of them. They had elephant" hands.
I was 4 and lived in a better neighborhood, but back then there were junkies everywhere. Used to see them on my way to school everyday also the following year. I was obvious to them though, was used to it.
Dang I was born 79 so the only addiction I was aware of was the crack epidemic that took hold of Brownsville Brooklyn.. Total devastation hopelessness desperation and recklessness. The relationship between supplier and addict underpinned by reward and risk was crazy.. Looking back now but hip hop was a growing needed distraction.
You right 116th and 8 th avenue so many junkies
Yes,Sad but true
It was images like this that kept me off the smack and rock. Thank you Geraldo for showing us the big picture. If it wasn’t for shows like this, I’d have been doing the same things
70s street interviews; damn interesting!!!
Dude was making 5,000 a week dealing back in the 70's with no habit and no remorse as well. I love hearing people talk back in the day is like you hear wisdom and quotes after every sentence. Barely any cursing. That type of language is fading away only ol folks and people from the south still have it.
SO FAR I HAVEN'T HEARD THE N WORD, INTERESTING....
I wouldn't be to sure he doesn't have a habit or is on methadone and that was a t.v show they can't curse I'm from n.y and trust me curses and the nword were always on deck
How much was 5 grand in 1975?
5000 dollar's same as today🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨
@@katherinejones7975 wrong....5000 in 1975 is like 10,000 in today's buying power...it's called inflation
Such hopelessness. Depressing. Harlem has been renovated back to the beautiful place it once was thank goodness.
stop exaggerating, harlem continues to be an urban criminal slum
4:30 This is exactly how my aunt became addicted to crack c--aine. She was dating a guy who introduced her to the drug in the early '80s. It fully changed her life. She used to have a cute little house and a car. And within a few years, she lost her job, her house, her car, and was a full-blown junkie.
Omg,I'm sorry to hear this. So many women got messed up from their so called Boyfriends at that particular time. Ugh.
Is she still alive?
“Waaaaarrrrriors come out too plaaaayyy…”
This is the NYC I remember many gangs members were wearing those black and white hats at the time, I was the same age as those childen in the apartment house,times were rough and fun.
The powers that be created this disaster and then sat back, watched and judged in the media. And the people in the community have still always prevailed in spite of blatant evil. Power to them!
Fact
No one told you to use or sell the drugs
@@8213apice your ignorance is painful.
@@8213apice True but they do the devil's work luring people into sin and self-destruction
This is the harsh and painful Truth!
Brother them kids with the puppies 🤣😂 yes the best interview by far x
If only Geraldo could have taken that same mic and stuck it in the faces of politicians just to ask them 'why does every package of drugs has a government stamp on it'!? THEN this would have been some exceptional coverage.!
CIA need to be brought to account for deliberately trying to destroy every African american and Hispanic neighbourhood !!!🤬
💯 exactly,the govt. We're the one who introduced them to us. they were trying to kill us off.😡😞
Truth Indeed
DammitMan this bring back good and bad memories growing up in HARLEM
I love the openness and honesty. This was very informative.
I feel for these people they're all being very sincere it's hard to not relate to them.
The effects of Decay and dereliction on society have always been interesting to explore, fascinating, viscerally deep and full of lessons to be learned.. Infinte stories to be told. Thanks for the vid Geraldo
WOW! I just discovered your channel and I love it already! these vids dating back to the 70's are really interesting!
I remember watching Geraldo on the news back in the day in NYC. He got down to the gritty.
Such a trip to see relatively high quality video of Harlem back then. Usually you see grainy, faded 16mm or such. Something about that 30fps of video connects it more to the present. It's kind of eerie.
The gangs back then looked just like in the movies. Walking around with bats and switch blades lol!! This was around the time Frank Lucas was out there with Blue Magic
Damn this was happening all over NY smh I was born in 79 and Brownsville had similar problems in my pre teens but with the crack explosion. Its crazy seeing dude getting respite from keeping and training pigeons the same way Mike Tyson did trying to escape the madness.. Thank goodness I survived many didn't..
Crazy how they so easily open up to tell Geraldo all they’re business endeavors like he trustworthy
I'm pretty sure Getaldo gives them a few bucks so they can score some drugs after the interview. 👈
He’s even crazier for rubbing on people track marks
Cuz its fake
@@TheForeignNationalBornNatural facts they real dope heads who are clean they just post up somewhere pretending they still out there gettin it.
He pay them he taking advantage of poor helpless failed black men great stuff Babylon fire bun you
Great show
Look at the fashion man i was born in 97 but i wish i could of Experience the 70s 80s and 90s
I like to look back and see people talk. Sad they had it so rough. I used visit NYC, but I could always go home. I can’t imagine not having options…..
All of those children would be in their 50’s right now.
Yes we are. It hurts to see this
I was 3 so 60yo at least. Time flies.
A lot probably are DEAD!
60s my guy
Yes
The look on his face when she said if the role was reversed he would trick for her. 😳................👋😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I died 😂 she’s delusional. He staticky you admitted he didn’t love her.
He probably beat her up after the interview.
Good report Geraldo
Love seeing videos from the 70 80 and 90s
I was so shocked, the kids in the video are my family members, I hope I could find one where they show my grandmother as I've never got to see her.
Amazing. How are they doing these days?
@Michele Thomas Yea, they're in their 50's. And thank you, I visited her grave a few weeks ago for her birthday and we're going again for mother's day
@@guydreamr They're great, I saw my aunt a few weeks ago and we had a blast. And my dad is doing good too. Thanks for asking
@@arlydalia You guys are Boricuas🇵🇷?
Wow. Can you elaborate a bit on this? You say they’re your family members but how? Are these kids still alive? If so, they do all live in NYC? Etc
need to bring shows like this back
god bless nelson dawes...im sure he passed away by now but how selfless can a man be when he has everything and still wants to help others. lovely man
Geraldo’s hair was dope back in 1975….🔥
😉😉😉😉
He was only 31 at this time
Oh Yes
Wow amazing Geraldo , you were out there in those real mean streets. I was born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s , but the city was not as dangerous as it was back in the 70s.
New York was way more dangerous during the 80s and 90s. You can't be from new york if you did not know that for real
@@seangreene86 he said he was born in the 80"s so he was a baby then -nothin was worse then the 80's
@@seangreene86 yup Crack era the 80's up until Gulliani took over in 94.
Geraldo is from Brownsville Brooklyn. That's why he had a certain level of comfort in the hood.
Its always wonderful to hear kids laughing
Great documentary.