Title: The Sheepshead Bay Race Track and the Birth of a Black Community. Illustrated talk, Wed Feb 25th, 20

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/02/24/sheepshead-bay-race-track/

Description: Brooklyn Collection Librarian June Koffi and others will give an illustrated talk on the history of the race track, the founding of the First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay that welcomed many of its African American workers, and the community that grew around them.

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Subject:   Events,  Sports,  Black history

Title: Transcribing a Difficult Past

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/20/transcribing-difficult/

Description: Transcribing three manuscript documents related to slavery in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Race,  Black history

Title: Don't Know Why There's No Sun Up In The Sky

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/05/11/dont-know-why-theres-no/

Description: In memory of the recently deceased Brooklynite and famous performer Lena Horne.

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Subject:   Entertainment,  Black history ,  Women

Title: A Movement Grows In Brooklyn. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Wed Dec 15 2010, 7:00 p.m.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/12/15/movement-grows-brooklyn/

Description: A talk with Brian Purnell describing the activities and impact of the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Events,  Race,  Black history ,  Civil Rights

Title: Black News

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/14/black-news/

Description: Overview of the publication Black News, which was published from 1969 to 1984 in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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Subject:   Race,  Periodicals,  Bedford-stuyvesant,  Black history ,  Civil Rights

Title: Chris Webber talks about James W.C. Pennington, Fugitive Slave and Black Abolitionist. Tonight!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/06/22/chris-webber-talks-about/

Description: A talk with Chris Webber.

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Subject:   Events,  Race,  Black history

Title: Slave births 1799-1801

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/01/03/slave-births-1799-1801/

Description: Tracking slave births in the Records of Kings County on microfilm.

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Subject:   Black history ,  Race

Title: Beyond Weeksville: An Evening with Genealogist and Author Wilhelmina Kelly, Weds. February 29th, 6:

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/22/beyond-weeksville-evening/

Description: An evening with genealogist and author Wilhelmina Kelly, who will explore the early history of Black Brooklyn through its burial grounds, organizations, and neighborhoods.

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Subject:   Genealogy,  Events,  Black history

Title: A Black Church in Williamsburgh

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/04/black-church/

Description: Exploring the A.M.E. Zion Church Collection.

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Subject:   Black history ,  Religion

Title: The March

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/08/28/march/

Description: Civil Rights materials in the Brooklyn Collection for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

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Subject:   Race,  Civil Rights,  Black history

Title: The Brooklyn Hellfighters

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/11/11/brooklyn-hellfighters/

Description: Armistice Day and honoring black WWI veterans in Brooklyn, including a parade and a dinner at the 13th regiment armory.

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Subject:   War,  Black history

Title: Hattie "The Tree Lady of Brooklyn" Carthan

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/02/08/hattie-tree-lady-brooklyn/

Description: A Black History month post about Ms. Hattie Carthan, a community leader and environmentalist in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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Subject:   People,  Women,  Neighborhood history,  Bedford-Stuyvesant,  Black history

Title: The Story of “Pinky”

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/03/28/unsung-story-%E2%80%9Cpinky%E2%80%9D/

Description: The story of Sally Maria Diggs, aka "Pinky," an enslaved girl "sold" in a mock auction at Plymouth Church to raise money for abolition during the Civil War.

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Subject:   Beecher, Henry Ward,  Women,  People,  Black history ,  War

Title: Susan Smith McKinney Steward: Brooklyn's First Black Woman Physician

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/01/25/susan-smith-mckinney/

Description: A Black History Month post on Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the third black physician in the United States.

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Subject:   Women,  Black history

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources: Black History Month

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/02/15/teaching-primary-sources/

Description: An overview of the Brooklyn Connections primary source packet on Black History for the Teaching with Primary Sources series.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Teaching with Primary Sources,  Black history

Title: A Teacher Grows in Brooklyn: Sarah J. Smith Garnet

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2020/07/01/teacher-grows-brooklyn/

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Subject:   Women,  Brooklyn Connections,  Black history ,  School History

Title: Reading Against the Grain in the Montauk Club Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2020/10/05/reading-against-grain/

Description: A collaboration between archivist Diana Bowers-Smith and historian Dylan Yeats diving into the Montauk Club collection to tease out unexpected stories of Brooklyn history, including those of T. McCants Stewart, Agnes Prendergast, and James Donovan.

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Subject:   People,  Politics,  Women,  Race,  Black history

Title: Community and Activism in one Brooklyn Family's Roots

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/04/community-and-activism/

Description: The family history of Fred Richardson, owner of the African American Bookstore in Crown Heights.

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Subject:   Black history ,  People,  Crown Heights,  Immigration,  Women

Title: Brooklyn's First Black Elected Official: Bertram L. Baker

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/06/brooklyns-first-black/

Description: The first Black elected official from Brooklyn, Bertram L. Baker made his debut in the New York State Assembly in November 1948, where he would serve for the next twenty-two years.

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Subject:   Black history ,  People,  Politics,  Photo of the Week

Title: Bedford-Stuyvesant's Dar-ul-Islam Movement

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/12/bedford-stuyvesants-dar/

Description: The Dar-ul-Islam, known as "the Dar," was one of the most significant grassroots movements established by African-American Sunni Muslims in the United States.

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Subject:   Bedford-stuyvesant,  Religion,  Black history ,  Photo of the Week

Title: Preserving Black History in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/22/preserving-black-history/

Description: The Slave Theater (also called Slave No. 1) opened on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant in 1984. The building, formerly a vaudeville and movie house, was owned by Judge John L. Phillips Jr., an African American Civil Court judge.

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Subject:   Black history ,  Photo of the Week,  Arts,  Theaters

Title: The Librarian in Congress: The Life and Work of Major Owens

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/05/04/librarian-congress-life/

Description: From his roots as a librarian here at Brooklyn Public Library, to his ascent to the New York State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, Major Owens' legacy is defined by his work as a tireless antipoverty reformer and as an advocate for education, civil rights, Americans with disabilities, workers' rights, and immigrants.

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Subject:   People,  Library staff,  Black history ,  Politics

Title: One Photographer's Reflections on Protests and the Pandemic

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/12/06/one-photographers/

Description: Brooklyn-based Italian photographer Francesca Magnani reflects on documenting racial justice protests amidst the covid-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Photography,  Race,  Black history

Title: Eubie Blake and the Legitimization of the Black Musical

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/02/01/eubie-blake-and/

Description: Happy Black History Month, Brooklyn fans! Today we're going to spend time with the American pianist, lyricist, and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music, Eubie Blake.

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Subject:   Black history ,  People,  Arts,  Entertainment

Title: Changing Tides: 1965 Journal of Brooklyn CORE

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/03/10/changing-tides-1965/

Description: The Brooklyn chapter of CORE had its own journal, Changing Tides: Journal of Brooklyn CORE, and a copy of the 1965 edition is in the Arnie Goldwag Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Collection, in the on-site archives at the Center for Brooklyn History.

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Subject:   Black history ,  Periodicals,  Politics,  Race

Title: Jamel Shabazz's Portrait of Louis Reyes Rivera

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/27/jamel-shabazzs-portrait/

Description: For this Photo of the Week, we are highlighting the work of Jamel Shabazz, a Brooklyn photographer who picked up his first camera at the age of fifteen.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Shabazz, Jamel,  Photography,  Black history

Title: Stories a Photo Can Tell

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/02/stories-photo-can-tell/

Description: I recently reprocessed the composite collection Early Brooklyn and Long Island photographs (ARC.201). This 1900 class photo from P.S. 15 is included in the collection. Though we have many class photos, it's much more rare for us to actually be able to identify the students in the photos, and even more infrequent to have as many named as this. I decided to use some of our research tools to see if I could flesh out the lives of these promising young graduates.

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Subject:   Women,  Black history ,  School History,  Children,  Immigration

Title: Celebrating Don Newcombe

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/02/13/celebrating-don-newcombe/

Description: Happy Black History Month! Today we’re celebrating Dodgers pitcher Don “Big Newk” Newcombe.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Black history ,  Baseball,  Sports

Title: A Decade in the Life of a Brooklyn Photographer: the Laura Fitzpatrick Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/02/23/decade-life-brooklyn/

Description: Today’s Photo of the Week comes from the collection of Laura Fitzpatrick, who began taking pictures at age 11 of her friends, family and neighbors in Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, during the years 1938-1948.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography,  Black history

Title: Remembering Summer 2020

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/07/10/remembering-summer-2020/

Description: This powerful image by photographer Ron Foster shows a group of raised fists in the air at a protest on July 4, 2020.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography,  Black history

Title: Black Masons in Brooklyn: an Indomitable Brotherhood

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/10/10/black-masons-brooklyn

Description: I became interested in the subject of Freemasonry after happening upon several pictures of African American Masons in our Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs.

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Subject:   Black history ,  Race

Title: Happy Black History Month

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/02/05/happy-black-history-month

Description: Happy Black History Month! Today's Photo of the Week is from the Anthony Geathers photograph collection, which consists of about 66 images taken in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations throughout Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Black history ,  Photography,  Photo of the Week

Title: For Valentine’s Day, a Love Letter to Joan Maynard, Activist and Artist

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/02/15/for-valentine%E2%80%99s-day-love

Description: February is both the month of Black history and the month of love, so what better time to discuss one of Brooklyn’s most beloved historical figures, Joan Maynard!

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Subject:   Black history ,  People