Uncovering the Treasures in Brooklyn
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Contact: Akosua Albritton
347 881 6509
Uncovering the Treasures in Brooklyn
“Makeepaca”. The Dutch called
parts of it “Boswyck” and “Nieuw Utrecht” in Nieuw
Netherlands. Today, it’s known
as Brooklyn, a place where African and African-Americans have thrived since the 1600s.
Yes, African-Americans have thrived in Brooklyn. In fact, an article, in the July 14, 1895
New York Times reads, ”…As soon as
negro men amass a comfortable fortune, they
move from this city across the
East River because they can find in Brooklyn more economical and satisfactory investment…”
Brooklyn Treasures Uncovered© aims to satisfy
the curious about Black Brooklyn. Brooklyn
Treasures Uncovered© reveals the contributions that Africans and African-Americans have made to the development of Brooklyn, USA. These contributions include founding towns, operating African Free Schools, and running for
the US President’s office.
Brooklyn Treasures Uncovered© is a program consisting of 17 talks, five
neighborhood walks, and visits to places of interest throughout the borough. It displays the historic residential patterns of African-Americans in Brooklyn. It has received excellent reviews by 11 evaluators and at Brooklyn Christian Center.
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Akosua Albritton, a trained urban planner, points to
designing the first travel brochure for central Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant? Yes!, The
Guide to the Places and Events in and around our Bustling Community,
in 1998, as the starting point for her academic dig into this borough. “Bedford-Stuyvesant has murals, an outdoor
pool, two amphitheaters, and tennis courts as well as being surrounded by Fort
Greene, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights that have their own cultural capital”,
explains Ms. Albritton. The publishing
of the brochure qualified Ms. Albritton to be selected one of four adjunct professors
to draft a syllabus and itinerary for a new summer seminar called History of
Blacks in Brooklyn for The College of New Rochelle in 2000. In 2012, she spun off a Facebook page, also
called Brooklyn Treasures Uncovered© and 17 presentation topics.
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| Pig Town in Flatbush Courtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library |
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| Colored School no.1, 51 Edward Street Courtesy of New York Public Library |
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| Courtney Washington in his Boutique Courtesy of Jamaica-Gleaner.com |
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