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Author Archives: C. Zawadi Morris

C. Zawadi Morris is an award-winning journalist and a Chicago native who moved to Brooklyn in 1997. Ms. Morris holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (and a minor in Spanish) from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. She has worked as the communications director for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-12), a senior account executive for Shandwick Public Affairs and Cohn & Wolf Public Relations, and Bed-Stuy Patch. In December 2013, under The Original Media Group, Ms. Morris launched The Brooklyn Reader, an online news source covering the neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn.

Wedding Band, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Theatre for a New Audience, Alice Childress, Awoye Timpo
Posted inUncategorized

‘Wedding Band’ (A Love/Hate Story in Black and White) Will Have You Married to Your Seat

by C. Zawadi Morris May 11, 2022May 16, 2022

Written by Alice Childress and directed by Awoye Timpo, Wedding Band is making its first appearance in Brooklyn since its New York premiere in 1972.

Posted inFeatured News

DanceAfrica 2022 Returns on May 27, and … We Outside, Y’all!

by C. Zawadi Morris May 3, 2022May 5, 2022
NYPD patrol vehicle
Posted inUncategorized

Who Cares About the Small Businesses of East Brooklyn?

by C. Zawadi Morris April 27, 2022May 18, 2022
Sheree Renée Thomas, Danny Lore, Janelle Monae, The Memory Librarian
Posted inFeatured News

Janelle Monáe Stops Through BAM to Discuss New Book on Gender Identity, Time Travel, Totalitarianism and More

by C. Zawadi Morris April 24, 2022April 25, 2022
Zyemkids, Zyem, Mo Glover
Posted inFeatured News

ZyemKids: Where Art Meets Fashion Meets Brooklyn

by C. Zawadi Morris April 19, 2022April 27, 2022
Karen Hunter, The 16th Annual National Black Writers Conference, Brenda Greene, Center for Black Literature
Posted inFeatured News

Karen Hunter is Code Switching for No One

by C. Zawadi Morris March 28, 2022March 30, 2022
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter From the Editor: Voting Rights Now!

by C. Zawadi Morris January 16, 2022February 1, 2022
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Navigating Another Christmas … And a New Year with COVID

by C. Zawadi Morris December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Thanksgiving or Thankstaking?

by C. Zawadi Morris November 23, 2021November 25, 2021
Birthright Africa, trips to Africa, Diallo Shabazz, black youth development, Walla Alsheikh, Jidenna, Cherae Robinson, Tastemakers Africa
Posted inFeatured News

Local and Global Org Makes ‘Knowledge of Self,’ a Birthright for Black Youth

by C. Zawadi Morris October 8, 2021October 9, 2021
Terre & Botanique, clean beauty products, Stephanie Moody
Posted inFeatured News

Straight Outta Brooklyn: Clean-Buy Products for Afro-Textured Hair

by C. Zawadi Morris September 10, 2021September 28, 2021
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: All Black History is Local

by C. Zawadi Morris February 1, 2021February 3, 2021
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Out of Chaos Comes Opportunity

by C. Zawadi Morris January 4, 2021January 25, 2021
Scriibe, Scriibe.org, Essential Brooklyn, Healthy Brooklyn, Brooklyn Strong, The COVID-19 Writers Project, C Zawadi Morris, BK Reader, Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration, WPA, non-profit news, news collaboration
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Introducing Scriibe.org, BK Reader’s Non-Profit Sister Site!

by C. Zawadi Morris November 16, 2020January 25, 2021
letter from the editor, C. Zawadi Morris, voting, peace, justice, 2020 presidential election
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: On Fire Ants, Southern Sentiments and the Pursuit of Peace

by C. Zawadi Morris November 1, 2020January 25, 2021
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: What Does it Mean to be a Proud American?

by C. Zawadi Morris August 31, 2020January 28, 2021
Anna Bradley-Smith. Photo: Jessy Edwards for BK Reader.
Posted inFeatured News

BK Reader Welcomes Anna Bradley-Smith as the New Managing Editor

by C. Zawadi Morris June 29, 2020January 28, 2021
Sakia Fletcher rallies in with protesters in front of Medgar Evers College
Posted inUncategorized

Medgar Evers College Students Protest, Demand Immediate Resignation of MEC President Dr. Rudolph Crew

by Kevin Limiti and C. Zawadi Morris June 10, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Hemorrhage 

by C. Zawadi Morris June 1, 2020January 28, 2021
covid-19, coronavirus, coronavirus community solutions, volunteer group, resources, C. Zawadi Morris
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Coronavirus Community Solutions

by C. Zawadi Morris April 6, 2020January 28, 2021

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C. Zawadi Morris, Publisher of BK Reader

Dear Brooklyn Readers,

Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, a federal holiday.

However, MLK would not consider this day a cause for celebration. Here’s why:

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