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Cruz, Marilyn, Bronx African American History Project
Cruz, Marilyn, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Marilyn Cruz
Interviewer: Dr. Mark Naison, Princess Okieme, Andrew Tiedt
Date of Interview Novermber 3, 2005
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Marilyn was born in Harlem. Her mother’s family immigrated to Harlem from Barbados and her father’s family was from the south. She grew up attending St. Ambrosse church, which was attended by many people from the Caribbean. While in Harlem, she attended PS 113 for grade school and remembers playing in Central Park.
The Basian side of her family was very mixed. She believes her great-grandfather may have been white, but she is unsure. The family really never discussed …
Tyson, Cyril Degrasse, Bronx African American History Project
Tyson, Cyril Degrasse, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Cyril Degrasse Tyson was born in Harlem in the early 1930’s and frequently moved around Harlem and eventually made his way into the Bronx at an early age. He discusses his family history and when his parents first moved to New York. His parents were both born in the West Indies on the island of Nevis and moved to New York after the first World War. They moved to an area of Manhattan which was referred to as the San Juan Hills at the time. He describes it as a pocket of blacks from the south and West Indies, Puerto …
Brathwaite, Kwame, Bronx African American History Project
Brathwaite, Kwame, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
112th interview of the Bronx African American History Project
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison, Maxine Gordon
Interviewee: Kwame Brathwaite
The interview took place May 17, 2002
Summarized by Concetta Gleason 11-29-06
Kwame Brathwaite, a longtime activist, photographer and expert on the history of jazz in NYC was originally born in Harlem, and his family moved to the Bronx in 1943 when he was five years old. Brathwaite's parents are both from Barbados, but they met in Brooklyn. His father was a tailor who owned several Dry Cleaning businesses, which kept him constantly busy, and his mother was a homemaker who …