For the tenants in the South Bronx, caring was not enough ... When Ronald Reagan challenged him in 1980, he took his turn visiting the same Bronx site Carter viewed; things were unchanged.

Crump proclaims he is “a proud product of the projects,” referring to growing up in Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx during the heyday of 1980s Hip-Hop culture, and a neighborhood that boasts several ...

By the 1980s the South Bronx had lost two-thirds of its population and had become world-famous for urban deterioration, crime and arson. By the early 1990s its population had declined to less than ...