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Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
Hanson, Avis Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Hanson, Avis Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Avis Hanson is a Bronx resident who has taught in the many of the borough’s high schools. Her life tells the story of the educational experiences of the Bronx African-American community.
Hanson was born in Harlem, but her family moved to the Bronx after her mother discovered that Hanson’s teacher was often socializing with the principal during class hours. As a child, Hanson’s parents often fought with her teachers—in particular a sixth grade teachers whom Hanson feels did not respect her. Hanson attended Hunter College High School, which she identifies as one of the hardest to get into in the …
Johnson, Gwendolyn And Banks, Janet, Bronx African American History Project
Johnson, Gwendolyn And Banks, Janet, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
INTERVIEWEES: Gwendolyn Johnson and Janet Banks
SUMMARY BY: Patrick O’Donnell
Janet Banks (b. 3/31/1917) was born in Worcester, MA and came to the Bronx in 1942. Up until the time of her high school graduation, Banks was raised by her grandmother. She graduated from high school in 1936, married in 1940, and moved to the Bronx with her husband in 1942, so she could live close to her mother. Banks immediately fell in love with the Bronx and has been there ever since. Although she was raised in the Episcopalian church, she converted to Catholicism in 1948. She is …
Crichlow, Gertrude And Hennessy, Adrianne And Dorsett, Virginia And Boney, Miriam, Bronx African American History Project
Crichlow, Gertrude And Hennessy, Adrianne And Dorsett, Virginia And Boney, Miriam, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Crichlow’s family moved from South Carolina to the Bronx when she was just a baby. She attended the Catholic School Lady of Victory, which was right across the street from where she lived. She was the first black student to attend the school and wasn’t readily accepted. However, she notes that the Italian students would hold her hand and help her to feel more welcomed. The Irish students weren’t as accepting. She notes socio economic differences as the main reason behind the discrimination she encountered.
Her children attended St. Augustine, she would eventually become a substitute teacher there when here …
Sogrue, Jim, Bronx African American History Project
Sogrue, Jim, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Jim Sogrue was an assistant pastor at St. Augustine’s Church in Morrisania, South Bronx from September 1957 until June of 1964. He was ordained in June of 1957, traveled to Puerto Rico to study Spanish and Spanish culture and upon returning was assigned to a Spanish mission in the Archdiocese of New York. Sogrue grew up in an Irish neighborhood on Wadsworth Avenue between 173rd and 174th in Washington Heights. He remembers forty families living in his apartment house and only one was not an Irish family. He did not know any black, Hispanic or Latino kids growing …
Hope, Bertha, Bronx African American History Project
Hope, Bertha, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Bertha Hope
Interviewer: Dr. Mark Naison
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Bertha grew up in Los Angeles California to parents who had a background in music and the music business. Her parents met when her father casted her mother as a dancer for the production “Showboat.” While her older sisters were young, they and her mother traveled around with her father, who was on a concert tour. The family settled in Los Angeles and her father’s connections to the music industry grew.
She got the majority of her music training in public schools. She was very talented and learned many …
Bonneau, Jackie Smith, Bronx African American History Project
Bonneau, Jackie Smith, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Jacqueline Smith Bonneau
Interviewers: Mark Naison, Robert Gumbs, Robin Kelley
Transcriber: Patricia Wright
Date of Interview: February 5, 2004
Summarized By: Eddie Mikus
Jacqueline Smith Bonneau is a resident on Lyman Place who has resided in the Bronx since the 1940s. She is especially notable due to the fact that she is the niece of Thelonius Monk, a famous musician. As such, she is able to provide a personal insight into Monk’s life.
Bonneau moved to Lyman Place from Home Street when she was a young child. She was the daughter of a Pullman porter and a woman who …
Archible, Leroi, Bronx African American History Project
Archible, Leroi, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Leroi Archible [Interview 1]
Interviewer: Dr. Mark Naison, Jim and Kevin
Transcriber: Gregory Peters
Date: 01/26/2004
Summarized by: Daniel Matthews
Leroi Archible is a Bronx community leader, youth athletics coach, political organizer, and long time Bronx resident. He was born in Memphis and lived in Lola, Kentucky during his high school years. His father emigrated from St. Ann’s in Jamaica in 1928, and his mother was born in Tennessee. He grew up visiting his Jamaican relatives in Morrisania, and he moved to the Bronx after he left the Marine Corps. Archible attended Kentucky State from 1947-1950. He met his …
Henderson, James, Bronx African American History Project
Henderson, James, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
James Henderson was born and raised in the South Bronx during the 1940’s and 50’s. He attended Morris High School during the 1950’s and graduated in 1957. During these years Morris High School was home to many musical talents who were from Henderson’s neighborhood. Groups like The Chords, a group who later became popular for their hit Sh-Boom, lived around Henderson’s block and attended many of the same classes. Henderson was also influenced by music during his youth. He collected jazz records and went to various popular jazz clubs on Boston Road like Goodson’s, Club 845, and the Blue Morocco. …
D'Augustino, Bronx African American History Project
D'Augustino, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewer: Mark Naison
Interviews took place on September 30, 2003
Summarized by Alice Stryker
This interview is broken into 3 sessions. The first two are with an anonymous woman called “woman 1” and the third session is with an anonymous woman called “woman 2”.
Woman 1, who we later learn is Mrs. Jones, moved to the Bronx in 1947 to Oak Tree Place and Belmont where they were the only black family on the block. She was initially from Georgia, but moved to New York City when she was very young. Her husband was born in Harlem. They went to …
Coolie, Derrick, Bronx African American History Project
Coolie, Derrick, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Derrick Cooley
Interviewer: Dr. Mark Naison
Date of Interview August 27, 2003
Summarized by Christian Rivera
Derrick Cooley, a counselor, from the Butler houses ( E. 170th Webster, South Bronx) grew up during the crack epidemic of the 1980’s. He experienced the interaction of drug dealers and drug addicts within the Butler house community. Furthermore, he witnessed the tragic effects of the urban drug culture through violence, rising high school dropout rates, and the influence of local Number Wholes.
The crack culture changed the priorities of the neighborhood youth. The youngsters were more interested in earning a dollar …
Davis, Ronald And Davis, Sara, Bronx African American History Project
Davis, Ronald And Davis, Sara, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Ronald Davis, a long time Bronx activist, grew up in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. He lived on Washington St. then moved to Jefferson Pl. and finally Shakespeare Ave during the 1970's. He participated in the Harlem Riots in 1964. Ronald Davis was kicked out of two public high schools and spent four and a half years in prison due to gang involvement and "jitterbugging." After time in jail Mr. Davis received a bachelor of arts from Adelphi University and a master of arts from Columbia University. Also, he was a part of many African American political organizations during …
Best, Gloria And Best, Adrian, Bronx African American History Project
Best, Gloria And Best, Adrian, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewees: Gloria and Adrian Best
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison
Date of Interview: July 1, 2003
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Gloria Best lived in the Bronx for most of her life and lived in Manhattan only for a short while when she was a child. When she moved back to the Bronx, she was 12 years old and moved to Union Avenue. She attended Morris High School and attended Zion Apostolic. Morris High School as well as the neighborhood she lived in at the time were predominately white.
Her husband was in the military and when they initially got married they …
Melrose, Arnold And Melrose, Evelyn And Teasdale, Ethel, Bronx African American History Project
Melrose, Arnold And Melrose, Evelyn And Teasdale, Ethel, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Evelyn Melrose was born in 1926 and at the age of 3 her family moved from New Haven, CT, to Washington Avenue and Claremont Parkway in the Bronx. Her father accepted a job for the US Government Post Office on Tremont Avenue and was able to live in the apartment on Washington Avenue because he agreed to be the Super and care for the building. This was how black families were able to get apartments in all white buildings at the time, only if they were the Supers of the building. His position with the government allowed him to still …
Jackson, Bessie Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Jackson, Bessie Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Bessie Jackson is the President of the Bronx branch of the Society for the Association for the study of African American Life and History, founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915. Jackson came to the Bronx without any family relations in 1946 and finished High School. Jacksonthen returned to her home state ofAlabamato attend Alabama State College, but by 1949, she had returned to and settled in theBronx.
Jacksonwas born and raised on her family’s farm inDallas County,Alabama. She did not begin school until she was six years old, but illness also held her back in first grade. However,Jacksonalways …
Brathwaite, Kwame, Bronx African American History Project
Brathwaite, Kwame, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
112th interview of the Bronx African American History Project
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison, Maxine Gordon
Interviewee: Kwame Brathwaite
The interview took place May 17, 2002
Summarized by Concetta Gleason 11-29-06
Kwame Brathwaite, a longtime activist, photographer and expert on the history of jazz in NYC was originally born in Harlem, and his family moved to the Bronx in 1943 when he was five years old. Brathwaite's parents are both from Barbados, but they met in Brooklyn. His father was a tailor who owned several Dry Cleaning businesses, which kept him constantly busy, and his mother was a homemaker who …