This edition: Judith Wellman, Author "Brooklyn's Promised Land"
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Original tape date: December 8, 2014. First aired: December 15, 2014.In the 1960's, public school children, anthropologists, Brooklyn residents unearthed Weeksville, a once thriving community of free African-Americans dating to before the Civil War until its gradual absorption into the borough of Brooklyn. "Brooklyn's Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York" about these citizens, was written by Judith Wellman.
Guest List
Judith Wellman Author, "Brooklyn's Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York"
- Building the Free Black Women's Library
- Monday, July 20 - 5:30pm
- TBA
- Tuesday, July 21 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 22 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 23 - 5:30pm
- Monday, July 27 - 5:30pm
- Michael Thomas on Trauma, Identity & His Memoir
- Tuesday, July 28 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 29 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 30 - 5:30pm
- Monday, August 3 - 5:30pm
- TBA
- Tuesday, August 4 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, August 5 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, August 6 - 5:30pm
- Monday, August 10 - 5:30pm
- NYC Schools at a Crossroads: Law, Equity, and Power
- Tuesday, August 11 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, August 12 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, August 13 - 5:30pm
- Building the Free Black Women's Library
- Tuesday, July 14 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 15 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 16 - 5:30pm
- Environmental Justice and Inequality in New York City
- Tuesday, July 7 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 8 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 9 - 5:30pm
- Monday, July 13 - 5:30pm
- Paper of Wreckage: The New York Post's Shift Under Murdoch
- Tuesday, June 30 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, July 1 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, July 2 - 5:30pm
- Monday, July 6 - 5:30pm
- The War on Voting Rights
- Tuesday, June 23 - 5:30pm
- Wednesday, June 24 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, June 25 - 5:30pm
- Monday, June 29 - 5:30pm
- LGBTQ Advocacy and Transgender Rights
- Wednesday, June 17 - 5:30pm
- Thursday, June 18 - 5:30pm
- Monday, June 22 - 5:30pm
