Black History Month

The gutsy "Woman of the Year" made Wall Street respect Bed-Stuy.

Mandy Bowman, from Bedford-Stuyvesant, created an app to revolutionize the #BuyBlack movement.

Whitehead, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, started his literary journey in Brooklyn, first from an apartment in Fort Greene, and later in Clinton Hill and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Lena Horne broke barriers as one of the first, highly acclaimed Black actresses in Hollywood who used her status to speak on behalf of civil rights for all.

Carthan was a community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Davis was a legend in Olympic weightlifting who remained unbeaten for most of his near two decades-long career.

Michael Jordan is widely considered as one of the best basketball players of all time.

Judge Betty Staton co-founded the first African-American female law firm in the state of New York.

Hakeem Jeffries was elected unopposed as House Democratic Leader for the 118th Congress in November 2022, becoming the first African American to lead a party caucus in either chamber of Congress.

Dr. Josephine English, a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, was the first Black woman to open a private practice in the state of New York. She is said to have delivered about 6,000 babies, many of them in Brooklyn.