Fordham University Masthead Logo DigitalResearch@Fordham Oral Histories Bronx African American History Project 2-3-2006 Scroggins, Renee Scroggins, Renee Interview: Bronx African American History Project Fordham University Follow this and additional works at: https://fordham.bepress.com/baahp_oralhist Part of the African American Studies Commons Recommended Citation Scroggins, Renee. February 3, 2006. Interview with the Bronx African American History Project. BAAHP Digital Archive at Fordham. This Interview is brought to you for free and open access by the Bronx African American History Project at DigitalResearch@Fordham. It has been accepted for inclusion in Oral Histories by an authorized administrator of DigitalResearch@Fordham. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. - 1 - Interviewer: Andrew Tiedt Interviewee: Renee Scroggins Session 1 February 3, 2006 Transcriber: Laura Kelly Andrew Tiedt (AT): First I thought I’d like you to talk a little bit about your early experiences. Like, for example, could you just tell us where you grew up and maybe what street you lived on. Renee Scroggins (RS): We lived in the Moore Projects. This is on Jackson Avenue, 149th Street. AT: Jackson and 149th? RS: Yes. AT: Okay, when you - - what do you remember the neighborhood being like when you were a child? RS: When we first moved into the projects they were nice and clean, they were brand new projects, okay. But it didn’t take long, I would say a couple of years before they started to deteriorate and go down. I think when people moved in the projects, they begin to group together, gang together. And plus at this particular time, this was a drug era I would say, okay.