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Rooks, Valerie, Bronx African American History Project
Rooks, Valerie, Bronx African American History Project
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Valerie Rooks, born on July 29, 1954, grew up in the Sedgwick Housing Projects of the Bronx. Her parents, Helen Eugenia Hagen and Robert Lee Dillard, raised in Connecticut and Georgia respectively, moved into the project in 1952. Rooks recalls spending summers with her father’s family in Savannah Georgia in her preteen years. The Dillards worked several jobs to support their five children. In addition to working for the post office, her father took on odd jobs including cab driving and mechanic work. Her mother too held various part-time positions such as working for the board of elections, the census …
The Shanachie Volume 18, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie Volume 18, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society
The Shanachie (CTIAHS)
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