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It's Baseball Week here at Undrafted! In honor of the postseason, we're doing a week of all baseball content, with a new post dropping (hopefully) every day. Starting today with an UNPRECENDENTED version of the Lefty Specialists…It's a James solo episode! Only one Lefty Specialist today, as James dives deep into the history of Black Brooklyn, white flight, and the story of how the Dodgers conquered New York and fled to California. It's a baseball story, but also a story about American cities, redlining, broken housing policy, displacement, car culture, and so much more. Check it out! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit undrafted.substack.com
The East was a cultural organization founded in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, in 1969, with a mission of Black empowerment. Members built a school, local food co-ops, and even a publisher to support Black Brooklyn. Tomorrow, a free screening of a new documentary about The East, called, "The Sun Rises in The East," will be presented by BAM at the Jitu Weusi in Clinton Hill. Director Tayo Giwa and producer Cynthia Gordy Giwa join to discuss the history of The East and the making of the documentary.
Blockchain, NFT, cryptocurrency… WTF IS THAT IT? Welp, here at BBP we give ya'll the real, the ugly, and THE GEMS!!! A bird in a hand is worth more than two in a bush. We have to know when and how to invest. If you didn't hear the news, A DOLLAR AIN'T A DOLLA NO MO'. So stack them digital asset up, big homie! We have to do better for ourselves, our community, our current family, and our future family. We gotta play this financial game by beginning to INVEST. Listen to Dre, our special guests, Steve Blocks and MaX dropping GEMS. Make sure you check out Steve Blocks and MaX‘s company Black Brooklyn LLC on https:www.blackbrooklyn.io and be part of the decentralized culture movement with Black Brooklyn!!! Special thanks to Steve Blocks, MaX, and the Black Brooklyn Family.
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Latashá is a Black Brooklyn born female rapper making huge waves in the NFT space but her story starts long before as a Hip Hop enthusiast and Black studies major. When Latashá realized after college that she had a talent for rap, she became a full time musician and multidisciplinary artist making music, visual art, graphics, and more. Latashá walks us through her music journey and how she sees NFTs changing the music industry forever. Links https://www.instagram.com/callmelatasha/ https://twitter.com/CallMeLatasha Learn more about the NFT Roundtable Podcast by visiting our website NFT Roundtable Website - https://www.blacknftart.co/nft-roundtable-podcast IG - https://www.instagram.com/blacknftart/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/blacknftart
Rana Zoe Mungin a 30 year old middle school social studies teacher from Brooklyn has died of COVID -19 after twice being denied a COVID-19 test. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/beloved-brooklyn-teacher-30-dies-coronavirus-denied-covid/story?id=70376445 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/red-pill-man/support
In this episode of Third Rail we focus on those in Central Brooklyn who are on the front line of gentrification: tenants and renters. This past June, Governor Cuomo signed into law a sweeping new collection of rent regulations which re-set the bar for tenant protections and curtailed the power of landlords to dictate rates on rent stabilized units. This will no doubt have a profound impact on the ways in which landlords are able to set the pace of housing displacement. Today, we’re joined by two members/allies of the Brooklyn Movement Center family who in their own ways have been enforcing the rights of tenants and fighting against harassment from landlords. Rae Gomes is a pioneering member-leader of the Brooklyn Movement Center and the emerging Central Brooklyn Food Coop. She most recently co-founded a tenants association in her building and has since become a crusader for renter rights in Black Brooklyn. Accompanying her is Addrana Montgomery, a staff attorney at TakeRoot Justice, formerly known as the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center. Addrana has been leading the effort to establish a monthly pop-up tenants’ rights legal clinic here at the Brooklyn Movement Center. Host Mark Winston Griffith uses the top of the show to facilitate a discussion on the experiences of tenants, specifically those in small unit buildings in Central Brooklyn. Next, we get into the brave new housing regulatory world in New York and how it will effect Central Brooklynites. And then of course, we close with that on-going call to anger, "Tell em why you’re mad." Engineer & Editor-Siad "Gypsy" Reid Intro and Outro theme Music: “City Survival” by MC K-Swift featuring TreZure Empire. Episode Music: "Fallout", Yung Kartz
In a special post Academy Award edition of Third Rail, we indulge our twin loves, BK and movies, by paying homage -- and occasional shade -- to Black Brooklyn through the lens of cinema. Specifically, we pose the question, what are the best Black Brooklyn movies ever made? Joining Third Rail host Mark Winston Griffith and engineer Siad “Gypsy” Reid, is Curtis Ceasar John, Director of the Luminal Theater. Segment One: We walk through Curtis’ top five list and other honorable mentions. Segment Two: We consider the dominating influence of Spike Lee on Black Brooklyn commercial cinema. Segment Three: "Tell 'Em Why You Mad" Intro and Outro theme Music: “City Survival” by MC K-Swift featuring TreZure Empire. Episode Music: "Fallout", Yung Kartz
Betram L. Baker was the first black person elected to public office in Brooklyn. In 1948, Baker was tapped to represent Bedford Stuyvesant in the New York State Legislature. Baker broke racial stereotypes surrounding the Democratic Party at the time, pushed for equality in housing, and even widened opportunities for black athletes to play professional tennis. His grandson Ron Howell tells Baker's story in the biography Boss of Black Brooklyn, The Life and Times of Betram L. Baker. Cityscape producer Caroline Rotante talks with Howell on this week's Cityscape.
Betram L. Baker was the first black person elected to public office in Brooklyn. In 1948, Baker was tapped to represent Bedford Stuyvesant in the New York State Legislature. Baker broke racial stereotypes surrounding the Democratic Party at the time, pushed for equality in housing, and even widened opportunities for black athletes to play professional tennis. His grandson Ron Howell tells Baker's story in the biography Boss of Black Brooklyn, The Life and Times of Betram L. Baker. Cityscape producer Caroline Rotante talks with Howell on this week's Cityscape.
Erik Loomis, Professor at the University of Rhode Island, discusses his book “A History of America in Ten Strikes” and Brooklyn College Professor Ron Howell, author of “The Boss of Black Brooklyn.”
In the second part of Brooklyn Deep’s exploration of historic Weeksville, Mark Winston Griffith sits down one-on-one with Rob Fields, the new President and Executive Director of the Weeksville Heritage Center. As a caretaker of Central Brooklyn’s past and a cultivator of its cultural present and future, Rob discusses the role of Weeksville Heritage Center in keeping Black Brooklyn resilient in the face of relentless gentrification. Followed by a "Tell 'Em Why You Mad" moment from our very own, Veralyn Williams. LINKS: http://weeksvillesociety.org/ Music heard in this episode was found via The Lost Jazz Shrines of Weeksville project and include clips from: Horace Silver Quintet: "Cookin at The Continental" Intro and Outro theme Music: “City Survival” by MC K-Swift featuring TreZure Empire.
If there is any question about what Black culture remains in Brooklyn, all you have to do is check out the summer scene on the streets of Brownsville, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Fort Greene and even Dumbo where festivals and block parties celebrate Brooklyn negritude. Mark, Veralyn and our guests, Zawadi Morris, Editor of BK Reader, and Tai Allen, poet and event curator dedicate this episode to look at Brooklyn Summers. Join us as we take a critical guided tour through the histories and happenings of the events that help define Black cultural life in the BK. Segment One: We take a walk through neighborhoods of Brooklyn to document the summer line up of events. Who is doing what and when. Segment Two: We provide commentary on these events and how summers in Black Brooklyn have changed over the years, whether for better or for worse. Segment Three: "Tell 'Em Why You Mad" Intro and Outro theme Music: “City Survival” by MC K-Swift featuring TreZure Empire. Episode Music: "Earth, Wind, Fire”, “Purpose”, & “Summer” by Ryan Little.
This week in The Clubhouse, Muneesh and Anthony are joined by the director of fan experiences for the Chicago White Sox, Martha Jo Black. Martha's father Joe Black was the first black pitcher to win a World Series game in the World Series. Get ready to hear some amazing stories of the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. You can follow Martha on twitter @WhyJoeBlack. Please head on over to bergino.com for some truly one-of-a-kind baseball merchandise.