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Juneteenth
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Here’s Your #1 Rundown of How Juneteenth is Being Celebrated in Brooklyn and Beyond!

by Milette Millington June 13, 2022June 16, 2022

On June 19 this year, we will celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday, as signed into law last year by President Biden. It was first celebrated in 1865 in Galveston, […]

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Bedford-Church African Burial Ground Coalition Aims to Stop Development, Educate Community on Flatbush History

by Christopher Edwards July 12, 2021July 23, 2021
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Willoughby Sq. Renamed Abolitionist Place, But Activists Say History Is Not Being Honored

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 23, 2021June 24, 2021
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Retracing the Steps of Harriet Tubman, Ken Johnston Comes to BK on His Walk to Freedom

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 5, 2021April 13, 2021
Brooklyn Historical Society, 400 Years of Inequality, Marcia Ely, Alex Tronolone, white supremacy, slavery, discussions on race, reparations
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BHS Presents ‘400 Years of Inequality’

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Special Letter from the Managing Editor: If You Choose to Ignore History …

by Andrea Leonhardt February 11, 2019January 28, 2021
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Letter from the Editor: On Truths, Lies and Revisionist History

by C. Zawadi Morris December 9, 2018January 28, 2021

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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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