Mark D Naison
1) Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s
Author
Language
English
Description
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 picture of the South Bronx through interviews with residents...
4) Pure Bronx
Author
Publisher
Augustus Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Pure Bronx is a story about the vast diversity of people who make the Bronx what it is--hustlers, gang bangers, immigrants, and the working poor--powerful interests trying to make money off its struggling people. And it's about love--what you sacrifice, and what you accept for a chance at real happiness.
