From the Miriam Nepture/Kellon Innocent film "Don't Move, Improve!"
Early Bronx neighborhood advocates, including Anne Devenney (left) bridged racial divides with a pragmatic approach necessitated by the scope of the crisis their communities faced.
Discrimination and segregation shaped the existential crisis that faced many Bronx neighborhoods in the 1970s and 1980s. But in the building by building fight for decent conditions, a veteran advocate recalls, race was rarely a topic of conversation.
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