Oral History with Peter B., Part 2

Part 2 of an oral history recorded for the Bronx African American History Project on March 30, 2021 with Peter B., who grew up in the United Workers Cooperative Colony, or the Allerton Coops, located at 2700 Bronx Park East. In this part of his oral history, Peter speaks about the complex ways in which he related to and navigated his racial identity as well as his sexuality as a teenager and young adult.

The interviewer is Steven Payne, director of The Bronx County Historical Society. The Bronx African American History Project is a community-based oral history project of Fordham University and The Bronx County Historical Society.