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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. …
Owens, Jimmy Interview 2, Bronx African American History Project
Owens, Jimmy Interview 2, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
The second session begins with Owens discussing the teachers that had the biggest effects on him at Junior High School 40. One of those teachers was the head of the music department. He fondly remembers how he learned to play the trumpet with the book Easy Steps to the Band. This gentleman was his teacher for one year and was replaced by a woman who taught the students jazz. She also helped him prepare for the entrance exam for theHigh School ofMusic and Art, which he was accepted into.
When he was in JHS 40 he played at a …
Coleman, Dennis And Mcfeaters, Harriet Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Coleman, Dennis And Mcfeaters, Harriet Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewers: Dr. Mark Naison, Natasha Lightfoot, and Claude Mangum
Interview took place on January 26, 2005
Summarized by Alice Stryker
Harriet McFeeters was a teacher, administrator, staff developer, and Assistant District Superintendent in the New York School System and originally from the Bronx. She begins by talking about the way in which the Bronx schools became integrated. Dennis Coleman says that they had to try and come up with a number of new ways attempt to comply with the federal laws on integrating schools. One of the ways they integrated the schools was through rezoning. In addition to the need …