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Past Events

Dr. N's Rhythm Review

March 3, 2007

This spring, 2007, in Fordham University's McGinley Center, there will be a benefit concert for the Bronx African American History Project featuring an all star lineup of Fordham Faculty and Administrators playing rhythm and blues classics.

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The Bronx County Historical Society's Museum of Bronx History launches two exhibits on this history of people of African descent in the Bronx! October 20, 2005 - April 16, 2006

The Museum is located in the Valentine-Varian House, 3266 Bainbridge Avenue between East 208th Street and Van Cortlandt Avenue East in the Norwood section of the Bronx

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Jazzmobile: Lou Donaldson plays on Lyman Place in the Bronx (July 21,2005)
Photo Highlights

 


May 2, 2005

"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

Monday, May 2, 2005, 6-8 PM
The Music Room, McGinley Student Center
Fordham University, The Bronx
Food will be served at the beginning of the lecture!

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April 6, 2005
Press Conference at the Bronx County Historical Society Announcing the Bronx African-American History Project Acquisition of an Important Collection Documenting theHistory of Jazz and Latin Music in the Bronx

 


A Celebration of Bronx Music History
With guests appearanaces by:

Rev. Joseph McShane, President of Fordham University
and
The Honorable Adolfo Carrion, Bronx Borough President

Friday, March 4, 2005 7pm-1am
Fordham University's McGinley Center

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March 24, 2005
Bronx Jazz Scene Back in Swing at Historical Society

 



February 14, 2004
Radio broadcast on BAAHPfrom
Fordham Conversations on WFUV (90.7 FM and WFUV.ORG)
Audio White Listen Now!
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Photo highlights from Art Crier benefit concert

 
   
 

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