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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.

Healthfirst, NYCHA, Afropunk Army, volunteer, paint party, Van Dyke Houses
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News

NYCHA, Healthfirst and the AFROPUNK Army Hold Paint Party in Brownsville

by C. Zawadi Morris August 7, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brook-Lens, Features

Brooklyn Gets Misty-fied Over World-Class Ballerina

by C. Zawadi Morris February 24, 2015January 28, 2021
Kenneth Ramsey, Kenny's Ironworks
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Face Time

Face Time: Kenneth Ramsey

by C. Zawadi Morris December 19, 2014January 28, 2021
Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant

The Amazing Story of Nathaniel Mary Quinn and the Day he Decided to be Free

by C. Zawadi Morris December 16, 2014September 28, 2021
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Business & Innovation, Features

Miss Jessie’s: The Spark That Ignited a Natural Hair Movement

by C. Zawadi Morris December 2, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Features

Ballet Dancer, Icon Misty Copeland Poised for Book Signing in Bed-Stuy

by C. Zawadi Morris November 24, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inFace Time, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Face Time: Dr. Rosemarie Ingleton

by C. Zawadi Morris November 6, 2014January 28, 2021
Russell Frederick
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Face Time, Features, Neighborhoods

Why is Russell Frederick Documenting Bed-Stuy?

by C. Zawadi Morris September 25, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Face Time, Features, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Karen Bernod

by C. Zawadi Morris September 9, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatures, Neighborhoods

Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade: Who’s Policing Whom?

by C. Zawadi Morris August 28, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Brook-Lens, Features, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Neighborhoods

Brook-Lens: AfroPunk, Live and in Color!

by C. Zawadi Morris August 25, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inFace Time, Features, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Lawrence Whiteside

by C. Zawadi Morris July 22, 2014January 28, 2021
Tia Powell Harris, executive director at Weeksville Heritage Center
Posted inFace Time, Features, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Tia Powell Harris

by C. Zawadi Morris July 17, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Face Time, Features

Face Time: Dr. Elizabeth Sackler

by C. Zawadi Morris July 11, 2014January 28, 2021
Sol Sax
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Face Time, Features, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Sol Sax

by C. Zawadi Morris June 17, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inCrown Heights, Face Time, Features, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Hanne Tierney

by C. Zawadi Morris April 29, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inFace Time, Features, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Mireille Massac

by C. Zawadi Morris April 22, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Face Time, Features, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Dennis Cheng

by C. Zawadi Morris April 14, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inFace Time, Features, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Neighborhoods

Face Time: Sudha Seetharaman

by C. Zawadi Morris April 11, 2014January 28, 2021
Brittanie Richardson, at a friend's home in Bed-Stuy, where she is preparing for her trip to Kenya
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Face Time, Features, Neighborhoods

Brittanie’s Story: Fighting the Darkness of Child Sex Trafficking with Light

by C. Zawadi Morris April 1, 2014January 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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