Discovering Family Roots in Brooklyn Slavery
Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the Black genealogists helping to unearth it.
N.Y.C. Suburb Deploys Detectives to Aid Trump’s Deportation Crackdown
Nassau County, on Long Island, becomes the second county in New York State to join a federal program that uses local law ...
‘The Personal Librarian’ author tackles 1920s New York in ‘Harlem Rhapsody’
Victoria Christopher, co-author of "The Personal Librarian," turns to Langston Hughes and other lights of the Harlem ...
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‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance in a Changing Harlem
As rents rise and displacement grows, Harlem residents led their own project to map the neighborhood’s rich history.
Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live?
Most immigrants, whether they are in the U.S. legally or illegally, have lived in the United States for many years. Just under half of foreign-born individuals have lived in the country for two ...
Deseret News archives: In 1846, Latter-day Saints began trek, voyage to new home in the West
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 4, 1846, a year and a half after the ...
Montclair Event: ‘One Woman’s Experience Of The Great Migration’
The virtual event will discuss Flossie Sinclair Furr, an African American school teacher who was a part of the “Great Migration.” ...