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Calhoun, Annie, Bronx African American History Project
Calhoun, Annie, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewers: Mark Naison, Maxime Gordon, Dawn Russell
Interviewees: Annie Calhoun, Will Calhoun
Date: May 18, 2012
Summarized By: Eddie Mikus
Annie Calhoun has resided in the Bronx for over 50 years and is a leading community activist through her presidency of the Fish Bay Organization. Her decision to take up activism demonstrates the challenges that many minority groups face in American society as well as their to actively participate in governmental affairs.
During her childhood, Calhoun was raised in North Carolina in a family that, despite being African-American, owned land and grew tobacco. Every Friday night, she and her family …