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The Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP) is
dedicated to uncovering the cultural, political,
economic, and religious histories ofthe more than
500,000 people of African descent in the Bronx.
Creating a database from oral history transcriptsand audio tapes for use by scholars, students, teachers, public historians, and museum curators who are doing research on people of African descent in New York City or general scholarship on the social development of 20th century American cities.
Producing scholarly publications and teaching tools
that contribute to the fields of African American
studies, African diaspora studies, Urban History, and
Sociology.
Encouraging, promoting, and building partnerships
between Fordham University, the Bronx County
Historical Society, and African American and Latino
community leaders, ministers, citizens, and elected
officials from around the city and especially in the
Bronx.
Identifying, preserving, cataloging, and making
accessible to the public archival record collections
relating to the history of people of African descent
in The Bronx. The purpose is to survey record
collections that exist; make sure that they are preserved; provide a secure place to store the records, if needed;
arrange and describe (catalog) the records; and to
provide a place that can be used by researchers who
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BAAHP community research assistant, Omar Jawo featured in Channel 12 news coverage of absenteeism at PS 55 in the Bronx.
THE STUDY OF AFRICAN IMMIGRATION IN THE BRONX
The Bronx African American HistoryProject (BAAHP), with its focus on African immigration seeks to examine the situation of African immigrants in the Bronx with an aim of capturing their complex and varied experiences in the United States of America in general, and the Bronx in particular. Using Oral History researchmethod, the project analyzes the social, cultural, economic and historical aspects of African immigrants living in the Bronx. Our goal is to provide insights into the immigrants’ differentiated lived experiences, and their social, cultural and economic institutions. Rather than simply assessing the needs and challenges of African immigrants, this project adds a new dimension to the growing scholarship on African immigration to the United States by analyzing the social, cultural, economic and intellectual contributions that African immigrants make to their host society, including the linkages they build between local communities in America and Africa.
Learn more and join the project here.
BAAHP Receives Donation From Local Developers, PA Associates
L to R: Natasha Lightfoot, Brian Purnell, Aaron Malinsky, Mark Naison, Paul Slayton
In July 2007, local developers, Aaron Malinsky and Paul Slayton, made a generous donation to the Bronx African American History Project.
For more information on Major Donors to the Bronx African American History Project, click here.
PAST NEWS
The Bronx African American History Project Receives Grant to Conduct Archival Survey!
Click here to read full story, meet the archival staff and find out how you can help.
The Bronx County Historical Society's Museum of Bronx History launches two exhibits on this history of people of African descent in the Bronx!
June 14th, 2005, 6-8 PM
Making History: The Story of The Bronx African-American History Project
75 Varick Street, Student Lounge, 12th Floor
Monday, May 2, 2005, 6-8 PM
"The Bronx is a Bomb, and It's Ready to Explode!"
The White Castle Protests and the Civil Rights Movement in
New York City, Summer 1963
Brian Purnell, Research Director of The Bronx African American History Project, delivers the annual, public Gouvernor Morris Lecture of the Bronx County Historical Society
Interview with Brian Purnell
from Fordham Conversations on WFUV (90.7 FM and WFUV.ORG)
 Listen Now! (requires Windows Media Player)
March 4, 2005
Photo highlights from Art Crier benefit concert
February 14, 2004
Radio broadcast about BAAHP
Fordham Conversations on WFUV (90.7 FM and WFUV.ORG)
Listen Now! (requires Windows Media Player)
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