The Allerton Coops and Black Women's Liberation: Virtual Round Table 

In celebration of International Working Women's Day (March 8) and Women's History Month, The Bronx County Historical Society hosted a virtual round table on the topic of The Allerton Coops and Black Women's Liberation on March 6, 2024. Moderated by Dr. Ashley D. Farmer of University of Texas, the panels built on an ongoing exhibit at the Museum of Bronx History, The Allerton Coops: In Living Color, which documents the histories of the first African-American and multiracial families to live in the Coops in the Allerton neighborhood during the 1930s-1960s.
Panelists included former resident of the Coops Thomas Warner, who is the son of activist Queen Mother Audley Moore; and Janice Walcott, who has lived in the Coops since 1975 and has organized rent strikes and other actions to improve the living conditions of the complex over the years. These initial panelists were later joined by former residents Charles Turner and Brenda Neuman, both of whom shared their own experiences in the building. In broad terms, the panelists discussed the Coops' activists like Queen Mother Moore, Dr. Angie Dickerson, Lilyan Jiggetts, and others; the challenges of being among the first Black residents of the Coops (living mostly on the top floor, for instance), how well the complex was maintained while it was a co-operative, the building deterioration that has happened since it became privately owned and what tenants have done to fight back against this, the landmarking of the building by Brenda Neuman, and more.