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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
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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 …