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

Chronicling a Time When African Americans were suspended between the best and worst possibilities of New York City, Before the Fires tells the personal stories of seventeen men and women who lived in the South Bronx before the social and economic decline of the area that began in the late 1980s. Loc...

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Main Authors:	Naison, Mark D., 1946- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gumbs, Bob (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Empire State Editions an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2016
Edition:	First edition
Subjects:	National Book Committee 1900-1999 20th century African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 20th century African Americans African Americans > Social life and customs History Manners and customs Race relations Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Biography Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > History > 20th century Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century New York (N.Y.) > Biography New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > History > 20th century New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century New York (State) > New York New York (State) > New York > Bronx Biographies Biography

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