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Braithwaite, John, Bronx African American History Project Dec 2015

Braithwaite, John, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Summarized by Concetta Gleason

John Braithwaite moved with his family fromManhattaninto theBronxontoKelly Streetin 1945 when he was two years old. His parents learned of theBronxandKelly Streetfrom their friends. Braithwaite’s parents and many of his neighbors were fromBarbados. The neighborhood and schools were very diverse with Italians, Jews, Spanish and blacks (both from the South and the Caribbean), and that did not change until the Cross-Bronx Expressway divided theBronxin half. The family was associated with St. Margaret’s Protestant Episcopal Church. His family has a great love for the arts; his father was a tailor, but painting was his passion, his older …


A Letter To My Future Self: Culture Shock, Kayla L. Butler Oct 2015

A Letter To My Future Self: Culture Shock, Kayla L. Butler

Honors Program: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

This personal essay encourages personal reflection upon entering college and the challenges that arrive for a student of color, moving from a diverse hometown to a Predominantly White Institution. There are creative manipulations of language that speak to one of the changes found upon entering the new college campus culture.


Swinging Bridge - April 16, 2015, Joel Hoover Apr 2015

Swinging Bridge - April 16, 2015, Joel Hoover

Student Newspapers & Magazines

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Swinging Bridge - March 5, 2015, Joel Hoover Mar 2015

Swinging Bridge - March 5, 2015, Joel Hoover

Student Newspapers & Magazines

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Swinging Bridge - February 19, 2015, Joel Hoover Feb 2015

Swinging Bridge - February 19, 2015, Joel Hoover

Student Newspapers & Magazines

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Swinging Bridge - February 5, 2015, Joel Hoover Feb 2015

Swinging Bridge - February 5, 2015, Joel Hoover

Student Newspapers & Magazines

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Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University Jan 2015

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater News (2008-2021)

  • Race; a Play Earns Performance at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festiva


Young, Gifted, And Brown: Ricanstructing Through Autoethnopoetic Stories For Critical Diasporic Puerto Rican Pedagogy, Ángel Luis Martínez Jan 2015

Young, Gifted, And Brown: Ricanstructing Through Autoethnopoetic Stories For Critical Diasporic Puerto Rican Pedagogy, Ángel Luis Martínez

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Young, Gifted and Brown is a journey of two directions converging. It is a study of Puerto Rican Diaspora in higher education, specifically, students making sense and meaning of their everyday. It is also a study of how I have related to them as a professor. Together, this is a story: research done creatively, toward the development of Critical Pedagogy for Puerto Rican Diaspora. The research question is: what has made the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the United States flourish and their lived experience meaningful? How can a diasporic people connect with and affirm their roots in an educational system …