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Tag: black history

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

One of Brooklyn’s Biggest Megachurches Has Roots in Williamsburg and Greenpoint

by Erin ConlonFebruary 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Read all about its history.

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

New York City’s First Black Principal Sarah Tompkins Garnet Began Her Career in Williamsburg

by Geoff CobbMarch 4, 2019March 6, 2019

  March is Women’s History Month when we celebrate the achievements of North Brooklyn’s greatest women. Sarah Tompkins Garnet was not only the first black woman to serve as a […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

Williamsburg’s Forgotten Great Abolitionist Editor: Willis Hodges

by Geoff CobbFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 2019

Last week I spoke about Brooklyn’s great poet Walt Whitman who served as the editor of Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Daily News in the late 1850s, but I also mentioned the name […]

Posted inCulture

Historic Documents Highlight Local History of Slavery

by Geoff CobbFebruary 4, 2019

It’s February and Black History Month has started, a time when we recall the huge African-American contribution to our country. Ask many educated New Yorkers and you may find that […]



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