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Mcgee, Mildred Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Mcgee, Mildred Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Mrs. Mildred McGee was born June 29, 1927 and married to Judge Hansel McGee. Also interviewed here are her daughter Dr. Elizabeth McGee and Mr. Leroi Archible. In the first session, Mrs. McGee provides details of her education, her parents’ backgrounds, living in Harlem, the Bronx, Washington DC and moving back to the Bronx. She also describes her husband’s childhood and his education. She attended an elementary school where there were no African-American teachers and she had only one African-American teacher in Junior High who taught Social Studies. The students also learned how to sew, cook and housekeeping at school. …
Attah-Mensah, Nana, Bronx African American History Project
Attah-Mensah, Nana, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Nana Atta-Mensah
Interviewer: Dr. Jane Edwards
Date of Interview: May 16, 2007
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Nana Atta-Mensah migrated to the Bronx in 1979. He was from Ghana originally, then moved to Germany for 10 years, then moved back to Ghana and from there immigrated to the United States. When he initially moved to the Bronx he was working as a gas station attendant. In 2005, however, he went back to school at Lehman College and got degrees in Accounting and African American Studies. With these degrees, he now operates a small business on Gun Hill Road.
He also …