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Loving,Julia, Mark Naison
Loving,Julia, Mark Naison
Oral Histories
Julia Loving, Summary of Interview with the Bronx African-American History Project
October 14th, 2020
Dr. Mark Naison and Alison Rini
Summarized by Amy Rini August, 2023
Bronx born public school librarian and high school educator Julia Loving’s parents were from Nelson County, Virginia. She has two older brothers, Jesse and Mark. Her grandparents were the only black store owners in 1920s Roseland, Virginia. In 1960, they moved up to New York City because their parents did not want their children to stay South in the height of Jim Crow. They met while going to colored schools and Baptist and Pentecostal …
Calderon, Nicholas Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Calderon, Nicholas Interview 1, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
INTERVIEWER: Mark Naison, Noel Wolfe, Dawn Russell
INTERVIEWEE: Nicholas Calderon
SUMMARY BY: Patrick O’Donnell
Nicholas Calderon (b. 5/12/1986) is a rapper from the South Bronx. He is also the founder and owner of Take Money Records. He was born in the Taft Houses in East Harlem to a Puerto Rican father and an African-American mother. Because his mother was a crack addict and his father was a heroin addict, he began living with his grandmother at the age of two. He was raised in the Beekman Housing Project in the South Bronx, near St. Mary’s Park. Calderon was …
Caines, Robert Jr., Bronx African American History Project
Caines, Robert Jr., Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
INTERVIEWER: Oneka LaBennett, Mark Naison
INTERVIEWEE: Robert Caines, Jr. (a.k.a DJ Flawless)
SUMMARY BY: Patrick O’Donnell
Robert Caines, Jr. (aka DJ Flawless) was born on January 23, 1983, and grew up in the Mott Haven Projects in the Bronx. He is the son of Robert Caines, Sr. (aka Rockin’ Rob.) At the time of interview, he was unemployed, but had recently been working for the Scratch DJ Academy. Robert, Jr. was raised by his mother and his grandmother. Although his father was often absent, Robert, Jr. became interested in hip-hop by listening to his father’s music tapes. His mother, …
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 …