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  • Before the Fires

    An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s

    by Mark Naison, Bob Gumbs ...
    Residents of the South Bronx during its promising postwar decades tell their stories in their own words.In the 1930s, word spread in Harlem that there were spacious apartments for rent in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. Landlords, desperate to avoid foreclosure, began putting signs in windows and placing ads in New York's black newspapers that said "We rent to select colored families"—by ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rat That Got Away

    A Bronx Memoir

    by Allen Jones, Mark Naison ...
    One man's "gripping" story of growing up in the South Bronx during an era of upheaval—and overcoming addiction to find success ( Library Journal).Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time—the 1950s—when that neighborhood was a place of optimism and hope for upwardly mobile Black and Latino families. Brought up in a two-parent household, with many neighborhood ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Before the Fires

    An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s

    by Mark D. Naison, Bob Gumbs ...
    People associate the South Bronx with gangs, violence, drugs, crime, burned-out buildings, and poverty. This is the message that has been driven into their heads over the years by the media. As Howard Cosell famously said during the 1977 World’s Series at Yankee Stadium, “There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.” In this new book, Naison and Gumbs provide a completely different ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Badass Teachers Unite!

    Reflections on Education, History, and Youth Activism

    by Mark Naison ...
    An academic exposes how dominant education reform policies destabilize low-income communities.In this incisive collection of essays, educator and activist Mark Naison draws on years of research on Bronx history and his own experience on the front lines of the education wars to unapologetically defend teachers and students from education "reform" policies that undermine their power and creativity ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Dancer in the Revolution

    Stretch Johnson, Harlem Communist at the Cotton Club

    by Howard Eugene Johnson, Wendy Johnson ...
    A Cotton Club dancer and Communist Party leader shares the story of his life in arts and activism from the Harlem Renaissance through the Civil Rights Era.Through his extraordinary life, Howard "Stretch" Johnson epitomized the generation of African Americans who broke through boundaries to make the United States more democratic. In this lively and engaging memoir, Johnson traces his path to ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Dancer in the Revolution

    Stretch Johnson, Harlem Communist at the Cotton Club

    by Howard Eugene Johnson ...
    The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed “Stretch” because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Johnson’s long-awaited memoir traces his path from firstborn of a multiclass/multiethnic” family in New Jersey to dancer in Harlem’s Cotton Club to ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Rat That Got Away

    A Bronx Memoir

    by Allen Jones ...
    The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man’s odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional athlete and banker in Europe, but it is also provides a unique vantage point on the history of the Bronx and sheds new light on a neglected period in American urban history.Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time—the 1950s—when that ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Ville

    Cops and Kids in Urban America, Updated Edition

    by Greg Donaldson ...
    In Brownsville’s twenty-one housing projects, the young cops and the teenagers who stand solemnly on the street corners are bitter and familiar enemies. The Ville, as the Brownsville–East New York section of Brooklyn is called by the locals, is one of the most dangerous places on earth—a place where homicide is a daily occurrence. Now, Greg Donaldson, a veteran urban reporter and a longtime ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    A Fighter's Life: The Story of Boxing's Last Gladiator

    by George Chuvalo, Murray Greig ...
    The inspirational memoir of the Canadian boxer who fought some of the greatest heavyweights in history, including Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, but lost everything outside the ring.From a tough Toronto childhood as the only son of immigrant parents, through a twenty-three-year career that earned him induction into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, to the public tragedies that decimated his family ... Read more

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  • Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

    America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

    by Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy ...
    This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger—a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction.Raised in a South Boston housing project, James "Whitey" Bulger became the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In this riveting story, rich with family ties and intrigue, award-winning Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Brothers Bulger

    How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century

    by Howie Carr ...
    The riveting New York Times bestseller by the award-winning columnist—now with a stunning new afterword detailing Whitey Bulger's capture.For years their familiar story was of two siblings who took different paths out of South Boston: William "Billy" Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts State Senate; and his brother James "Whitey" Bulger, a vicious criminal who became the FBI's second ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Who Was Jackie Robinson?

    by Gail Herman, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that secured his place in sports history. In 1947 Jackie joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the long-time color barrier in major league baseball. It was tough being first- not only did "fans" send hate mail but some ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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