A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors and co-author asha bandele will be at BAM on Jan. 15 to discuss their new book “When They Call You a Terrorist,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports.
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MLK Events Planned for NYC
Community media outlets report on a number of events commemorating Martin Luther King scheduled for Monday, Jan. 15.
‘White Man on a Pedestal’
Red Hook Star-Revue writes about an exhibit of works by two artists that explores “white patriarchy’s force over black female bodies.”
Action on a Queens Burial Ground?
Times Ledger reports on the prospects for a restoration of Old Towne Burial Ground in Flushing.
The Speaker Race: Williams on Marriage Equality
City Council member Jumaane Williams explains to Gay City News how his views on marriage equality have evolved.
African-American Culture, Past and Present, at Weeksville
Weeksville Heritage Center offers a window on African-American history in Brooklyn, as well as events related to current events, reports Bklyner.
Taking a Knee on Sacred Ground
When the City Council took a knee in solidarity with football player Colin Kaepernick, they were doing so on sacred ground, writes Our Time Press, noting this week’s 10th anniversary of the dedication of the African Burial Ground National Monument.
Black and Hispanic Students Most Likely to be Arrested in School
Black and Hispanic youth continue to account for the bulk of school arrests and summonses, even as the city has reduced the overall numbers in recent years, reports Chalkbeat.
Local Vendors Featured at Whole Foods Harlem
Whole Foods Harlem, which opened in late July, features products from Harlem entrepreneurs, Manhattan Times reports.
Remembering Bed-Stuy in Stories
Our Time Press reports on the Stuyvesant Heights Oral History Project and some of Bed-Stuy’s longtime residents who participated.
The March on Washington, 54 Years Later
A piece in Amsterdam News looks at how, more than half a century after the March on Washington, “we’ve still got a ways to go.”
Urging Removal of a Symbol of Hate
New York leaders urged removal of a statue honoring a Southern physician who performed surgical experiments on Black women, Manhattan Times reports.
El-Yateem Urges Street Renaming at Ft. Hamilton
Khader El-Yateem, Arab-American candidate for City Council, and others rallied to urge the U.S. Army to rename two streets at Fort Hamilton named after Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee, according to Brooklyn Reporter.
After Charlottesville
The Forward weighs in with coverage and opinion pieces in the aftermath of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, VA.
The ‘Legacy of Lynching’ on View
Kings County Politics reports on “The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America,” a new Brooklyn Museum multimedia exhibit that commemorates the African-American victims of lynching without using any explicit photographs.
