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Kleaver Cruz, Mark Naison, Anthony Abd-Al Shafi Rosado

Oral Histories

Interviewee: Kleaver Cruz

Interviewer: Anthony Rosado

Summary by Serena Velasquez

November 18, 2025

Kleaver Cruz, a Bronx native, acknowledges the legacy of “Las Mariposas,” martyrs from the Dominican Republic who opposed Trujillo, setting the tone for this event’s influence on their family’s migration stories and cultural connectivity. Having lived their whole lives in the Bronx, Cruz’s Afro-Latin identity and community became integral to their activism. Having grown up during the 90s, Cruz touches on economic hardships and living through the crack epidemic, yet asserts that they had a great childhood despite these circumstances. Cruz was influenced by figures throughout their …

Terrence Dean, Mark Naison, Steven Payne, Pastor Crespo Jr., Akilah Shedrick

Oral Histories

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Melissa Taylor, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Kyle Eaddy, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

Karnage shares his memories of his years playing shows and recording with Xiakuan, especially after the band was able to plug into the Bronx scene of the second half of the 1990s, which included bands like Rights Reserved, Proof of Purchase, Goatamentise, and others. Karnage then shares his memories of his next musical venture, as guitarist for a live hip hop group, BR and Timebomb, and what it was like for him to tour across the U.S. with the group, while further honing his chops as a guitarist and rapper. After 5 years with the group, it broke up, and …

Jimi Hazel, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Djinji Brown, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Marti Zuckrow - Part 1, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Marti Zuckrow - Part 2, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Charles Turner, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Judith Winston Rozanski, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Joellen Eisenman Sgueglia, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Thomas Warner, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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History Of Women At Holy Cross Art Piece, Lucia Hathaway

Visual Arts Department Student Scholarship

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Garry Sullivan, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

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Isu Symphony Orchestra Concerto-Aria Competition Finals: January 28, 2026, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the ninety-first program of the 2025-2026

Center for the Performing Arts

January 28, 2026

Wednesday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, The Council Of National Defense, Florida Division

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, State Chairman of the Colored Women's Section of the Woman's Committee of The Council of National Defense, Florida Division. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau, Vacuum Cleaning, Rugs, Carpets, Etc. Best of Help Furnished for all kinds of Employment. Verso - Handwritten note.  Undated.

Miss Eartha M.M. White Business Card, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau, Vacuum Cleaning, Rugs, Carpets, Etc. Best of Help Furnished for all kinds of Employment. Handwritten note, verso:  Mrs. Estilla Johnson, 57465 J, 125 North , work. Undated

Miss Eartha M.M. White Business Card, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau, Vacuum Cleaning, Rugs, Carpets, Etc. Best of Help Furnished for all kinds of Employment. Verso: Handwritten note - "8 [Ballon 1339 Laura upstairs"  Undated.

Miss Eartha M.M. White Business Card, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, House Cleaning & Employment Bureau, Vacuum Cleaning, Rugs, Carpets, Etc. Best of Help Furnished for all kinds of Employment. Handwritten note on verso. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, War Camp Community Service

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, Special Assistant in Colored Work For Women And Girls. Undated.

Miss Eartha M.M. White Business Card, Coordinator Of Recreation

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, Coordinator of Recreation. President Clara White Mission and Old Folks Home. Handwritten note on front: I was in distress. They passed by on the other side of the street and on my side did not say a word of comfort. Do you call that a christian. [illegible]  Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, Coordinator Of Recreation

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White, Coordinator of Recreation. President Clara White Mission and Old Folks Home. Handwritten note on front: [illegible]- Page 4. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, Department Store

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Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White Department Store Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions and Milliner Goods, Dress Making, Pressing, & Wood Yard Annex. Eartha White opened a  dry goods store at 1050 Florida Ave., Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, E. M. M. White, Real Estate

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Business Cards (Personal): E. M.M. White Real Estate Licensed Broker City and Country Property a Specialty. Handwritten notes on both sides. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, President

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White President Old Folks Home and City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, head of Dept of National Juvenile Court, State Treasurer F.C.W. Clubs. Handwritten notes on both sides. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, President

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White President of the Old Folks Home and City Federation of the Colored Women's Club. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card, The Clara White Mission

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): the Clara White Mission Eartha M.M. White President. Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White 233 W. First St. Jacksonville, Florida. Handwritten notations on version.  Undated.

Miss Eartha M. M. White Business Card

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Business Cards (Personal): Miss Eartha M.M. White 233 W. First Street, Fla. President Clara White Mission an Old Folks Home. Undated.