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Brindle, Donna, Bronx African American History Project
Brindle, Donna, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewers: Mark Naison and Natasha Lightfoot
Interviewee: Donna Brindle
Date: May 23, 2005
Summarized by Leigh Waterbury
Donna Brindle was born in 1953 in the Bronx and lived on Intervale Avenue until around the age of 11. Her parents initially moved to the Bronx because other friends of theirs were, and those socializations became an important part of Donna’s upbringing. Both of her parents were musicians, her father was a concert pianist and one of the founders of The Symphony of the New World in the 1950‘s. Her parents were also politically active. Her mother worked with NAACP as well …
Coleman, Dennis And Mcfeaters, Harriet Interview 2, Bronx African American History Project
Coleman, Dennis And Mcfeaters, Harriet Interview 2, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Dennis Coleman is a longtime Bronx activists, political leader, and educator. This interview examines his experiences with the Board of Education in the Bronx. Coleman served in the New York State Senate from 1955-1956 and was on a committee that examined different education programs throughout the state, especially in inner city schools. When he returned to the Bronx, he was appointed to serve on a local Board of Education in 1966.
Coleman discusses the 1968 Bronx Teachers strike, specifically the actions of teachers on both sides of the picket line, the issues, parental involvement, and the participation of advocacy groups, …
Coleman, Dennis And Mcfeaters, Harriet Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Coleman, Dennis And Mcfeaters, Harriet Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison, Natasha Lightfoot, and Claude Mangum
Interview took place on January 26, 2005
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Harriet McFeeters was a teacher, administrator, staff developer, and Assistant District Superintendent in the New York School System and originally from the Bronx. She begins by talking about the way in which the Bronx schools became integrated. Dennis Coleman says that they had to try and come up with a number of new ways attempt to comply with the federal laws on integrating schools. One of the ways they integrated the schools was through rezoning. In addition to the need …