Dear BK Readers, Only one month into 2021 and, already, we’ve said goodbye to two Black-American legends: Cicely Tyson and Hank Aaron. Two icons who will join a non-exhaustive list of resilient barrier-breakers and Black Historymakers. This year, like every year during February, BK Reader highlights the accomplishments of one Black Historymaker from Brooklyn every […]
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.
