Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s
Before the Fires preserves an oral history of African American life in the Bronx across the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Through community memories and firsthand perspectives, Mark D. Naison and Bob Gumbs document a vital period in the borough’s history before the fires transformed its neighborhoods.
About This Book
Before the Fires presents an oral history of African American life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Drawing on the work of Mark D. Naison and Bob Gumbs, the book centers lived experience and community memory.
Its historical scope covers several decades of social change in the Bronx before the fires.
The collection offers a documentary perspective on African American life in one New York City borough.
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