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Harding, Vincent, Bronx African American History Project
Harding, Vincent, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewees: Clara Lee Irobunda, Vincent Harding, and Carmen Givan
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison and Brian Purnell
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Before the interview formally beings, Clara Lee Irobunda discusses her role in the transition with Morris High School into smaller schools. The school was getting too large to efficiently teach all of the students and many were “falling between the cracks.” To fix this problem, she designed small separate “schools” within Morris High School.
The interview is concerned with the experiences of a variety of people who grew up on Dawson Street and lived near/went to Morris High School. Dr. …