• Student Brandon Crispin photographed this portrait of collaborator Sam Marquez during his years as a United States Marine. Marquez, a former New York Fire Department firefighter and longtime resident of Melrose, narrated his experiences during the 1970s when the South Bronx in particular experienced a surge in arson-related fires. Brandon Crispin, “Sam Marquez, USMC,” (Dis)Placed Urban Histories: Melrose, accessed January 3, 2019, http://displacedhistories.hosting.nyu.edu/spring2017/items/show/71.
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Portrait of retired firefighter Sam Marquez

From Radical Roots: Public History and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism by Edited by Denise D. Meringolo

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  • Activist Studies
  • Critical Pedagogy
  • History
  • Public Humanities
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