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Whiting-Hogans, Monica, Mark Naison
Whiting-Hogans, Monica, Mark Naison
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Monica Whiting Hogans
Interviewer(s): Mark Naison, Donna Joseph, April Fowler, Saudah Muhammad
Date: June 6, 2022
Summarized by Sophia Maier
Monica Whiting Hogans is from Mount Vernon, New York. Besides leaving to attend the Historically Black College/ University (HBCU) Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, she has lived there her entire life and become an important member of the community, including in the nearby Bronx. She has been connected with the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority since elementary school, as her teacher and mentor Anne Myers was a member and family friend. She joined the sorority at Morgan State, drawn …
Everette Brown, Jacqueline, Mark Naison
Everette Brown, Jacqueline, Mark Naison
Oral Histories
Interviewees: Jacqueline Everette Brown
Interviewers: Mark Naison
Date: August 2020
Summarized by Trystan Edwards
Jacqueline Everette Brown was born in the Bedstuy community of Brooklyn, New York. She fondly recollects her childhood as one of three girls in her family. Her mother and father migrated to New York from Georgia during the great migration in the late thirties. Brown and her family moved back to Georgia in the early 1950’s. It is during this time that she faced more overt racism, evidenced by her having to ride in the back of the bus. Nevertheless, Brown and her family quickly adjusted. …
Clement, Irma, Bronx African American History Project
Clement, Irma, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Irma Clement
Interviewers: Mark Naison,Lionel Spencer and Donna Joseph, and Saudah Muhammad
Transcribed by Amy Rini, 10-17-22, revised 3.23
Ms. Irma Clement is the oldest member of Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., ®and has been a member of the Sorority for over seventy-five years. She was born 1920 in Joliet, Illinois and grew up in Alcoa Tennessee.
Ms. Clement attended segregated schools and noted that the “all black” teachers inspired her and sparked a fire of determination to continue her education beyond the poverty and limitations of the circumstances. She graduated from high school …