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Before the fires : an oral history of African American life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s

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2016

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Format:	Book
Call Number:	305.89607 N158B 2016
Author:	Naison, Mark, 1946- author.
Title:	Before the fires : an oral history of African American life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s / Mark Naison and Bob Gumbs.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2016.
Description:	xix, 193 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects:	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General. HISTORY / Social History SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography. Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Other Author:	Gumbs, Bob, author.
Other Title:	OCLC Work Id http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/2939285057
Notes:	"Empire State Editions." Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193).
Contents:	Avis Hanson (1924-2015) -- Vincent Harding (1931-2014) -- Howie Evans (1934-) -- Henry Pruitt (1934-) -- Arthur Crier (1935-2004) -- Gene Norman (1935-) -- Beatrice Bergland (1936-) -- Jacqueline Smith Bonneau (1938-) -- Hetty Fox (1938-) -- James Pruitt (1938-) -- Paul Himmelstein (1941-) -- Joseph Orange (1941-) -- Jimmy Owens (1943-) -- Andrea Ramsey (1943-) -- Daphne Moss (1947-) -- Victoria Archibald-Good (1947-) -- Taur Orange (1955-) -- Map of historic Morrisania -- Walking tour of Morrisania -- Conclusion.
LCCN:	2016015548
ISBN:	9780823273539 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0823273539 9780823273522 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other Number:	941875229
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Copies owned:	1
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