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Bataan, Joe, Bronx African American History Project
Bataan, Joe, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
173/4(?)th Interview
Interviewee: Joe Bataan
Interviewer: Mark Naison, Maxine Gordon
Interview took place June 12, 2006
Summarized by Concetta Gleason 2-1-07
Bataan Nitalano’s mother is African-American and his father is Philippine. His father joined the navy and did a lot of seasonal work as a short-order cook. Bataan would see his father only six months of the year. His racially mixed family was a rarity in Spanish Harlem where he grew up. His father was Catholic and his mother encouraged his attending Church. Although the neighborhood was mostly Spanish, there was a lot of Blacks, Chinese and Jewish people …
Baily, Mary, Bronx African American History Project
Baily, Mary, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
158th Interview
Interviewee: Mary Bailey
Interviewer: Mark Naison
Interview took place April 21, 2006
Summarized by Concetta Gleason 1-17-07
Bailey is a retired nuclear Medicine Technologist and grew up in Morrisania. Bailey’s parents are originally from South Carolina, but she was born in Harlem on 138th Street. When she was six years old, the family moved to the Bronx. Bailey was baptized, but not necessarily raised with a Catholic upbringing because her mother had some issues with the Church after St. Augustine’s refused to enroll Bailey in their school. The family originally moved to Boston Road, but then …