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Doo-wop legend Arthur Crier, Jr. talks about working along Tin Pan Alley.
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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
wish to use the records.
Latest News

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 BronxAfrican-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)
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March 4, 2005
Photo highlights from Art Crier benefit concert



February 14, 2004
Radio broadcast about BAAHPfrom
Fordham Conversations on WFUV (90.7 FM and WFUV.ORG)
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