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Greywolf and other Tenants of Melrose Ave and and 161st Street (L to R: Littlehawk Uku, Phillip Booker, and Greywolf) . on the day they would successfully claim home ownership.

Transcript of an oral history with Bobby Sanabria

A portrait of musician Bobby Sanabria

Bobby reflects on how the musical culture of the South Bronx kept the community united through periods of social unrest, racial tensions, detrimental policy changes, and widespread drug use.

Ed Garcia Conde stood at the intersection of 149 Street, Third Avenue, and Melrose Avenue, a couple blocks from where he lives. Garcia Conde said Melrose was a village when it was first founded, and he still calls it such — most people who live in…

Colorized silhouette art curated by Bob Gumbs for the ‘Black is Beautiful: A Tribute to Elombe Brath’ exhibit at the Bronx Music Heritage Center. Referenced in interview.