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Tag: black history month
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
One of Brooklyn’s Biggest Megachurches Has Roots in Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Read all about its history.
Posted inNews
Black Lives Matter Flag at PS 110 Stolen and Replaced with an All Lives Matter Flag
The PTA says it’s the third time this year that this has happened.
Posted inCommunity
Parents Allege That PS 132 Has Not Fulfilled Anti-Racist Education Promise
Parents For Change is fighting for inclusion and equality at PS 132.
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint
Williamsburg’s Forgotten Great Abolitionist Editor: Willis Hodges
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
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 […]
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
Greenpoint’s Long, But Forgotten African-American History
It’s Black History Month when we celebrate African-American contributions to our country, but many born and raised Greenpointers who pride themselves on knowing local history would be shocked to learn […]