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Beckford, Hugh, Bronx African American History Project
Beckford, Hugh, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
INTERVIEWER: Natasha Lightfoot
INTERVIEWEE: Hugh Beckford
SUMMARY BY: Patrick O’Donnell
Hugh Beckford is the director of Caribbean American Family Services, an organization that he established in 1991. He is a 1985 graduate of Fordham College, Rose Hill, where he studied theology and sociology. Beckford was born in Trelawney, Jamaica, and was raised by his grandparents because his parents divorced when he was young. He was locally educated in Jamaican public schools and attended St. George’s College in Kingston, a boarding school. As a young man he was considered one of the best dancers in Jamaica and occasionally appeared on national …
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 …
Singleton, David G., Bronx African American History Project
Singleton, David G., Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
David Singleton was born May 5th 1935 in mid Sacramento Valley. He was a student at the University of California, Berkeley. He applied and was accepted into Princeton Theological Seminary. While at Princeton, he served as a student in multi-racial situations in East Trenton and in West Philadelphia. He was eventually placed at Sound view Presbyterian Church in the Bronx in 1963 per the recommendation of a minister he had met while serving at Richard Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Singleton met Medgar Evers and participated in the civil rights movement in Birmingham Alabama. He had a few church connections there. He …
Brown, Rosemary, Bronx African American History Project
Brown, Rosemary, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Rosemary Brown, a civil rights activist and long-time Bronx resident, was interviewed for the Bronx African American History Project on April 21, 2005. Rosemary Brown and her large family of eight (eventually nine) first moved from Harlem to 1319 Prospect Ave. at the corner of 168th Street in 1940, when the Bronx was an especially good place for African American families, because it offered schools, better apartments, safer conditions, and a community where everyone looked out for each other. Prospect Ave. was a tree-lined block where children could play outside, and had residents of various races. The integrated community …