After Abolitionist Landmark Win, Activists Fight to Create Brooklyn Civil Rights Destination
Descendants of five 19th century Black women abolitionists, alongside local activists and community ...
Tag: Black Lives Matter
Join Photographers for a Conversation on Documenting Racial Justice Protests in Brooklyn
The Center for Brooklyn History is gathering photographers to share their experiences and insights a...
Brooklynites Gather After Guilty Verdict in Murder of George Floyd
Shortly after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murdering Geo...
Short Film Documents How the Bed Stuy Black Lives Matter Mural Created a Gathering Space
A new short film sheds light on how a Bedford-Stuyvesant mural painted last summer helped transform ...
After Backlash, City Quickly Reverses Plan to Close Fort Greene Park Ahead of Protests
The city tried to close Fort Greene Park early ahead of a planned anti-police brutality protest Wedn...
Black Lives Matter Mural Designed by Young Artists Defaced in Windsor Terrace
Vandals used spray paint to deface a children’s mural aimed at honoring the Black Lives Matter mov...
Brooklyn Block Party Pivots to Socially Distanced, Socially Conscious Gathering
This story was originally published on August 10 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest sto...
Latest Black Lives Matter Mural Comes to Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn
As mass protests continue nationwide against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s killin...
Brooklynites Peacefully Protest All Over the Borough on Juneteenth (Photos)
It was a day of marches, music and community as thousands of Brooklynites took to the streets to cel...
Meet the New Generation of Activists Organizing Protests in the Wake of George Floyd’s Death
Three weeks after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests continue to sweep the ...
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