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Brath, Elombe, Bronx African American History Project
Brath, Elombe, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewers: Mark Naison, Maxine Gordon
Interviewee: Elombe Brath
Date of interview: 21 June, 2005
Summarized by: Craig Teal, 26 March 2007
Elombe Brath is a longtime political activist in New York City who is one of the founders of the Jazz Arts Society and was active in organizing some of the first cultural pageants in New York City in the 1960s. Born on September 30, 1936 in Brooklyn, Elombe grew up in Harlem and in Hunt’s Point on 751 Kelly Street between Longwood Avenue and 156th Street. His family moved into a crossroads area of the Bronx that was …
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. …