Bronx African American History Project Oral History with Irma Clement
subject: Clement, Irma
subject: Bronx African American History Project
subject: Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
description: Oral history of Irma Clement, member of Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., recorded for the Bronx African American History Project in July 2020.
creator: Clement, Irma
date: July 2020
format: MP4
language: English
type: Oral history

"Ode to the Nuyorican"
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: "Ode to the Nuyorican"
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
description: "Ode to the Nuyorican," the first published poem of Mariposa Fernández, published in New York Newsday on June 11, 1995, in a feature spread with poetry by other Puerto Rican poets.
creator: Fernández, Mariposa
publisher: New York Newsday
date: June 11, 1995
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format: JPG
language: English
language: Spanish
type: Archival document

Mariposa Fernández self-photo
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
description: Photograph of Mariposa Fernández taken by Mariposa for a photography class in high school.
creator: Fernández, Mariposa
date: 1980s
rights: The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made.
format: JPG
type: Photograph

Mariposa Sings to Lolita Lebrón on Her Birthday
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
subject: Puerto Rican liberation
subject: Lebrón, Lolita
description: Recording of Mariposa singing to famous Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebrón on the occasion of her birthday.
creator: Fernández, Mariposa
publisher: Urban Latino
date: n.d.
rights: The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made.
format: MP4
language: English
language: Spanish
type: Archival video

Born Bronxeña: Poems on Identity, Survival, Love & Freedom
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: Born Bronxeña: Poems on Identity, Survival, Love & Freedom
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
description: Born Bronxeña: Poems on Identity, Survival, Love & Freedom, a chapbook of poems written by Mariposa Fernández
creator: Fernández, Mariposa
publisher: Bronxeña Books
date: 2001
rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: Chapbook
language: English
language: Spanish
type: Archival document

Mariposa Fernández artistic rendering
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
description: Photograph, artistically rendered, of Mariposa Fernández reciting poetry.
creator: Fernández, Mariposa
date: n.d.
rights: The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made.
format: JPG
type: Photograph

Sandra Garcia Rivera, That Kiss
subject: Garcia Rivera, Sandra
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
subject: That Kiss
description: That Kiss, a chapbook of a poem written by Bronx-based award-winning poet Sandra Garcia Rivera, friend of Mariposa Fernández.
creator: Garcia Rivera, Sandra
date: 2000
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format: PDF
language: English
language: Spanish
type: Archival document

On the Tracks: Graffiti in NYC (Community Notes)
subject: Graffiti
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
subject: Graffiti artists--women
description: Video produced by Shekinah Green for the Community Notes section of this repository, inspired by The Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project
creator: Green, Shekinah
date: 2022
rights: The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the individual or organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
format: MP4
language: English
type: Moving image

Bronx African American History Project Oral History with Sheila Jackson and Anne Myers
subject: Jackson, Sheila
subject: Myers, Anne
subject: Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
subject: Bronx African American History Project
description: Oral history of Sheila Jackson and Anne Myers, members of Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., recorded for the Bronx African American History Project in 2020.
creator: Jackson, Sheila
creator: Myers, Anne
date: 2020
format: MP4
language: English
type: Oral history

The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, vol. 61, nos. 1–2, 2024
subject: Vietnamese community (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Cambodian community (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Covid 19
subject: Racism
subject: Anti-Asian hate crimes
subject: Mekong N.Y.C.
subject: William Spain Seismic Observatory (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Fordham University
subject: Oyster industry (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: City Island (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Pollution (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Environmental activism (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: School anthems
subject: Houlihan family (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Urban photography
subject: Scientific wonders
description: Vol. 61, nos. 1–2 of The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, published 2024. Contents: — Catherine Kien, "Healing from Hate," p. 1 — Benjamin Crooker, "The William Spain Seismic Observatory," p. 17 — Roger McCormack, "The History of the Oyster," p. 21 — Robert R. Grimes, "St. John's College, HURRAH!," p. 27 — Joe Houlihan, "The Houlihans," p. 35 — Robert Kornhaber, "Practicing Urban Photography in The Bronx," p. 41 — G. Hermalyn, "Scientific and Other Wonder," p. 55 — G. Hermalyn, Review of Creamer, Baseball and Other Matters in 1941 (1991), p. 59 — Steven Payne, Review of DuVal, Native Nations (2024), p. 61
creator: Kien, Catherine
creator: Crooker, Benjamin
creator: McCormack, Roger
creator: Grimes, Robert R.
creator: Houlihan, Joe
creator: Kornhaber, Robert
creator: Hermalyn, G.
creator: Payne, Steven
publisher: The Bronx County Historical Society
date: 2024
rights: ©2024, The Bronx County Historical Society
format: PDF
language: English
type: Periodical

The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, Vol. 56, nos. 1–2, 2019
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Biography
subject: Pell's Point, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns & battles
subject: Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889
subject: Mott Haven Historic District (New York, N.Y.)
subject: Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century
subject: German Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--History
subject: High schools--New York (State)--New York
subject: Catholic schools
subject: High school teachers--New York (State)--New York
subject: Motion picture theaters--United States
subject: Berle, Milton
subject: Comedians
subject: Uncle Miltie
subject: Delicatessens--United States—History
subject: Jews--United States--Social life and customs
subject: Parkchester (New York, N.Y.)
subject: Housing, Cooperative
subject: New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations
subject: Racism
subject: Sustainable urban development--New York (State)--New York
subject: Urban ecology (Sociology)--New York (State)--New York
subject: City and town life--New York (State)--New York--History
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
description: Vol. 56, nos. 1–2 of The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, published 2019. Contents: — Lloyd Ultan, "The Important of The Battle of Pell’s Point: Myth and Reality," p. 6 — Sandra Eaton, "284 Alexander Avenue: Gemütlichkeit," p. 26 — Patrick J. T. Curran, "The Bronx: An Academic Powerhouse," p. 41 — Phil Berle (d. 1999), "Reminiscence: It Was a Great Place to Live, The Bronx," p. 45 — Steven Payne, Review of Merwin, Pastrami on Rye (2015), p. 53 — Steven Payne, Review of Gurock, Parkchester (2019), p. 57 — G. Hermalyn, Review of Eldredge and Horenstein, Concrete Jungle (2014), p. 60 — Richard Legnini, Review of Hermalyn and Ultan, A Historical Sketch of The Bronx (2018), p. 60
creator: Legnini, Richard
creator: Payne, Steven
creator: Ultan, Lloyd
creator: Eaton, Sandra
creator: Curran, Patrick J. T.
creator: Berle, Phil
creator: Hermalyn, G.
publisher: Bronx County Historical Society
date: 2019
rights: ©2019, The Bronx County Historical Society
format: PDF
language: English

Ntozake Shange as a boxer
subject: Shange, Ntozake
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Maldonado, Adál
subject: Perez, Rosie
description: Photograph of Ntozake Shange as a boxer, photographed by Adál Maldonado in 1993 and dedicated to Mariposa Fernández on the occasion of her wedding to herself on August 11, 2001. Among attendees was actress Rosie Perez. Retouched digitally to mitigate water damage caused by humidity buildup in frame.
creator: Maldonado, Adál
date: 1993
rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: JPG
type: Photograph

Anthony Morales, UNIverses.
subject: Morales, Anthony
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: UNIverses.
subject: Ethnic groups and nationalities -- Puerto Ricans (Boricuas)
description: UNIverses., a chapbook of poetry written by Bronx-based poet Anthony Morales
creator: Morales, Anthony
publisher: A Courant
date: 1998
rights: The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries.
format: PDF
language: English
language: Spanish
type: Archival document

Poetas Pa' Vieques
subject: Fernández, Mariposa
subject: Poets and performance artists (The Bronx, New York)
subject: Vieques, Puero Rico
subject: Puerto Rican liberation
subject: Nuyorican Movement
subject: Perdomo, Willie
subject: MelleSOL (MelleSoul)
subject: Navaja, Flaco
subject: Gonzalez, Raúl "Gallego"
subject: Rosa, Claribel
subject: Moris, Raúl "Gorras"
subject: Meléndez, Jesús Papoleto
subject: Rivera, Hector Luis
subject: Welfare Poets
description: Recording of Poetas Pa' Vieques, an event held on June 13, 2000, organized by Bronx poets Mariposa and her twin sister MelleSoul and held at Café Largo, 3387 Broadway. The event was in support of the liberation struggles of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques and featured many of the most prominent poets in the Nuyorican movement.
creator: Moris, Raul Gorras
date: 2000
rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
format: MP4
language: English
language: Spanish
type: Archival video

Reflection by Dr. Mark Naison of Fordham University on Bronx African American History Project Oral History with Dr. Candice Scott
subject: Scott, Dr. Candice
subject: Bronx African American History Project
subject: Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
subject: Naison, Mark
description: Screenshot of email by Dr. Mark Naison of Fordham University reflecting on oral history with Dr. Candice Scott, member of Eta Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., recorded for the Bronx African American History Project in 2020.
creator: Naison, Mark
date: 2020
format: JPG
language: English
type: Still image

The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, vol. 60, nos. 1–2, 2023
subject: Hip hop
subject: Morrisania (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Prohibition
subject: Webster Avenue (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Fitzpatrick, Jack
subject: Music
subject: Villa Maria Academy
subject: Hip-hop
subject: Dance music--New York (State)--New York--20th century--History and criticism
subject: Popular music--United States--Latin American influences
subject: Prohibition--New York (State)--New York--History (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Schultz, Dutch, 1901-1935
subject: Alcohol trafficking--New York (State)--History (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Irish Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century
subject: Tuberculosis--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century
subject: Catholic schools--New York (State)--New York
subject: Elementary schools--New York (State)--New York
subject: Art deco (Architecture)--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works
subject: New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
subject: Neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--History
description: Vol. 60, nos. 1–2 of The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, published 2023. Contents: — Mark Naison, "Bronx Soundscape," p. 1 — Ed Beller, "Prohibition in The Bronx," p. 15 — Mark Glander, "A Horseshoer on Webster Avenue," p. 37 — Janice Mastropietro, "Villa Maria Academy," p. 47 — Lloyd Ultan, Review of Garn, New York Art Deco (2022), p. 49 — Lloyd Ultan, Review of Helmreich, The Bronx Nobody Knows (2023), p. 51 — Douglas Lazarus, Review of Hermalyn, Geography of The Bronx (2023), p. 53 — Roger McCormack, Review of Jonnes, South Bronx Rising, 3rd ed. (2022), p. 55
creator: Naison, Mark
creator: Beller, Ed
creator: Glander, Mark
creator: Mastropietro, Janice
creator: Beller, Edward
creator: Ultan, Lloyd
creator: Lazarus, Douglas
creator: McCormack, Roger
publisher: The Bronx County Historical Society
date: 2023
rights: ©2023, The Bronx County Historical Society
format: PDF
language: English
type: Periodical

The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, vol. 59, nos. 1–2, 2022
subject: Antonetty, Evelina, 1922-1984
subject: Kingsbridge (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Allerton (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Gumbs, Bob
subject: McFeeters, Harriet
subject: Bauzá, Mario, 1911-1993
subject: Colón, Willie, 1950-
subject: Afro-Cuban Jazz
subject: Bronx African American History Project
subject: Bronx Latino History Project
subject: Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project
subject: Racism
subject: Housing
subject: Education, Bilingual--New York (State)--New York
subject: Urban youth--Employment--United States
subject: Health equity
subject: United Bronx Parents (Organization)
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions
subject: Puerto Ricans--New York (N.Y.)
subject: Kingsbridge (New York, N.Y.)--History
subject: Play (Recreation)--New York (State)--New York--1950-1960
subject: School children--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950
subject: Kosher food
subject: Bronx Zoo
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century
subject: Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations--History--20th century
subject: Black Arts movement
subject: Morrisania (New York, N.Y.)
subject: Latin jazz (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Black people--Cuba--Songs and music
subject: Palladium (Dance hall)
subject: Quin, Aylene, 1920-2001
subject: Silvers, Cleo
subject: Black Panther Party (The Bronx, N.Y.)
subject: Co-op City (New York, N.Y.)
description: Vol. 59, nos. 1–2 of The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, published 2022. Contents: — Steven Payne, "Titi: An Oral History of Dr. Evelina Antonetty," p. 1 — Richard Baum, "Kingsbridge Vignettes," p. 19 — Robert Weiss, "Allerton in the 1940s and 1950s," p. 29 — Mark Naison, "A Tribute to Bob Gumbs and Harriet McFeeters," p. 39 — From the Archives, "Afro-Cuban Jazz in The Bronx," p. 45 — Pastor Crespo, Jr., Review of Cope, Power Hungry (2022), p. 69 — Roger McCormack, Review of Sammartino, Freedomland (2022), p. 72
creator: Payne, Steven
creator: Weiss, Robert
creator: Naison, Mark
creator: Baum, Richard L.
creator: Crespo, Pastor, Jr.
creator: McCormack, Roger
publisher: The Bronx County Historical Society
date: 2022
rights: ©2022, The Bronx County Historical Society
format: PDF
language: English
type: Periodical

1-03. Introduction: Germany, Poland, My Parents' Background
description: In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's background. Her father was born to a poor religious Jewish family in Nuremberg, Germany that had migrated from Poland. His mother, Ester Rivke Engelmeier Weber, had rabbis and well-known cantors in her family. Suzanne's mother was born toa more comfortable family, part of the Gere Chasidic clan in Lodz, Poland. Her father was Mordechai Perle and her mother Zisa Borenstein. Both parents died during World War I, when she was six, victims of a typhoid epidemic.
creator: Ross, Suzanne
date: 2022
contributor: Wood, Nat
rights: You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available.
format: MP4
language: English
type: Video memoir

2-04. Family History and Childhood: Escaping Belgium during the Holocaust
description: In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her immediate family's escape from the Holocaust. Much of her family did not make it out of Europe alive. Suzanne reflects on the relationship between her direct experience of this genocidal history and her white skin and educational privileges. Suzanne narrates her family's travels from Germany to Belgium to France, Spain, North Africa, Portugal, Mozambique, Palestine and ultimately the United States, where she and her family arrived on December 25, 1945. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting …
creator: Ross, Suzanne
date: 2022
contributor: Wood, Nat
rights: You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available.
format: MP4
language: English
type: Video memoir

2-07. Family History and Childhood: Mozambique, 1941–1945, Racism
description: In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross remembers the development of her morality as a child (starting at 00:09:58), both in Mozambique, while observing the life of her family's Black servant and the chain gang in the park, and later in Palestine in the kibbutz, seeing the treatment of religious elders and the attitude toward outsiders coming to the kibbutz. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college."
creator: Ross, Suzanne
date: 2022
contributor: Wood, Nat
rights: You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available.
format: MP4
language: English
type: Video memoir