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Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
Daley, Joy Elaine, Mark Naison
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 …
Smith,Yvonne Marie, Mark Naison
Smith,Yvonne Marie, Mark Naison
Oral Histories
Interviewees: Yvonne Smith, Member and Donna Joseph, President, Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ©
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison Date: April 12, 2023
Summarized by Amy Rini July 15, 2023
Yvonne Marie Smith was born and spent her entire 72 years of life to date in the Bronx, and decades as a leading member of ETA Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ©. Smith is a retired educator and impactful community leader. Her parents were both born in New York City: her father was born in Harlem and her mother in Yonkers. Her …
Avila, Jose Francisco Interview Part 2, Bronx African American History Project
Avila, Jose Francisco Interview Part 2, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Summary of José Francisco Ávila (Feb. 17th, 2022) Pt.2 Interview
Summarized by : Katherine Caperan
This is the second part of the José Francisco Ávila interview. In this one, he discusses the experiences that have shaped his efforts as a prominent Garifuna and Afro-Latino social justice activist for Garifuna communities in New York City, nationally, and internationally. As a Garifuna originally from Cristales, Honduras, Ávila notices that the Garifuna communities face the same issues in his country as in the United States. Ávila spent over thirty years researching and writing about the Garifuna Community. Collecting information from the news, television, …
Avila, Jose Francisco Interview Part 1, Bronx African American History Project
Avila, Jose Francisco Interview Part 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Jose Francisco Avila was born in the Garifuna village of Cristalis, near the city of Trujillo in Honduras. He moved with his family as at 15 years old to the United States because his parents wanted better opportunities, specifically educational opportunities, for him and his siblings. They moved to the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, where Avila had to quickly learn English at the Boston School for Immigrants, before attending Solomon Lewenberg Junior High School and Boston English High until 1981. Living in a predominantly Black neighborhood in a city with a relatively small Garifuna community, there was constant questioning …