Podcasts about Weeksville

In this membership-drive mini-series, Tommy Silk, a licensed New York sightseeing guide, @LandmarksofNY on Instagram, and the author of Hidden Landmarks of New York: A Tour of the City's Most Overlooked Buildings (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2024), joins us to talk about some of the lesser-known historically significant buildings of NYC.  Today, =>EVENT: Register here to see Tommy Silk in conversation with Barry Bordelon, half of the viral duo the Brownstone Boys, at BPL's Center for Brooklyn History, November 7, 6:30pm

Earlier this year, Epicenter NYC and the Weeksville Heritage Center teamed up to offer our members a special tour of what remains of the historic community. Epicenter's editorial director Femi Redwood joined the tour. In today's episode she explains how this once-forgotten community continues to impact our lives today. Read our full story: https://epicenter-nyc.com/weeksville-rediscovering-black-history-in-brooklyns-hidden-gem/  Visit or support Weeksville: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This season will focus on free Black communities and free Black societies during the antebellum period of the 19th century in New York, specifically New York City. They include one in each of what would become the five boroughs of New York City: Seneca Village in Manhattan; Weeksville in Brooklyn; Newtown in Queens, Sandy Ground in Staten Island; and the community surrounding the Centerville AME Church near Westchester, which was part of the present day borough of the Bronx. This deep dive into this time period will also include an analysis of free Blacks and people of African descent in Manhattan who, rather than living exclusively or predominantly Black neighborhoods, lived in enclaves. Finally, this season will also focus on the New York City Drraft Riots and Massacre of 1863. It is considered to be one of the worst insurrections in US History.

Fifth Sunday After Epiphany; Message based on Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 5:13-16. Delivered at The First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn (https://www.firstchurchbrooklyn.org/). Podcast subscription is available at https://cutt.ly/fpcb-sermons or on Apple Podcasts (https://itun.es/us/nxpHeb.c), Googl....This item belongs to: audio/first-church-brooklyn-sermons.This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Season 5, Episode 2: WeeksvilleBy Judith Wellman

LevelUp Urgent Care (718-307-1990), a New York-based provider of health care services, recently held a grand opening for its newest location serving the residents of Crown Heights in the Weeksville neighborhood. For more information about scheduling, clinic locations, and health care services visit https://levelupuc.com/location/263_utica_ave/ (https://levelupuc.com/location/263_utica_ave/)

In Violent Bk, a violent armed robbery, in which a victim was sucker-punched in the back of the head and slashed in the neck with a box-cutter, is described in peculiar terms in the press. SUBWAY "SEXUAL ASSAULT" - A woman is kissed, grabbed and groped on a 3 train, which goes to show different predators have different needs. ELEVATOR RAPIST - This guy has been arrested twice for raping women on elevators, once more for attempted rape on an elevator, just did 16 yrs in prison for raping a woman on an elevator a few weeks ago, and was just arrested in the Bronx for raping a woman on an elevator. bonus: An alleged hate crime in Weeksville takes us down the rabbit hole, and what we learned about NYC's past might shock you. Huge 90-min. + episode of the show that gives you a reason to live. Guest Ryan Wunder. thanks for listening, subscribing and sharing! follow NycCrimeReport.locals.com FREE - Supporters get VIDEO episodes of this show (including this episode), and a wide variety of NEW SHOW CONCEPTS, with content added several times per week.

THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF WEEKSVILLE. A STRONG PART OF BROOKLYNS BLACK HISTORY.

Welcome back to the 13th Floor Podcast. Join us as we share our views from the 13th floor, where the furniture isn't always the best but the views are AMAZING! Check out our apparel shop at https://www.the13thfloorpodcast.com/ Instagram: @13thfloorplease FB/Metaverse: @13thfloorplease Youtube: @13thfloorplease Twitter: @13thfloorplease In this episode, we take a stop by the Break Room with Coach K shares the importance of Moments and Moment(um). The power of recognizing your moment and what is the difference between that moment and your momentum. Of course, Kerrol drops a bunch of hidden nuggets to get you focused and ready to take that next step. Links: https://www.drtierini.com/ Dr. Tierini D. Hodges-Murad, Life Strategist | Coach | Author | Consultant | Professional Speaker Dr. Tierini Enterprises LLC info@drtierini.com https://www.lakoucafe.com/ Founded by Weeksville resident Cassandre Davilmar in May 2018, Lakou has quickly become a community cafe, providing fresh coffee, tasty treats, relaxing cocktails, nourishing smoothies and most importantly fellowship! In Haitian culture, the lakou is a space where the community gathers to exchange knowledge, fellowship and nourish their souls and bodies. In a similar manner, Lakou is a space our community can gather to exchange knowledge, make a new friend and enjoy wonderful Caribbean-inspired food and drink. INFO@LAKOUCAFE.COM Time Stamps 00:00 Intro and welcome 00:21 Explanation of TBR 01:08 University of Miami Partnership 02:45 Level UP! w/ Dr. Tierini D. Hodges-Murad 03:37 Moment(UM) 15:28 The Close 16:13 The Lakou Cafe

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslanksy of Art Movez speak with Dr. Raymond Codrington, a cultural anthropologist with roots in the Hip Hop movement who shares his insights on what the Cultural center means to the community and beyond. Weaving an economic development narrative that centers on black entrepreneurism, Weeksville is a beacon for black determination, and wealth creation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Weeksville, the historic site and cultural center n Central Brooklyn, first established by free African-Americans before the Civil War, has a new status as a member of the City's Cultural Institutions Group. New CEO Dr. Raymond Codrington talks about how the center blends history with the contemporary, and the significance of joining CIG. For more, visit weeksvillesociety.org

Weeksville, the historic site and cultural center n Central Brooklyn, first established by free African-Americans before the Civil War, has a new status as a member of the City's Cultural Institutions Group. New CEO Dr. Raymond Codrington talks about how the center blends history with the contemporary, and the significance of joining CIG. For more, visit weeksvillesociety.org

The odds are stacked against Black-owned businesses from the beginning. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says they’re almost twice as likely to fail than others. They face hurdles like increasing gentrification, which causes higher rents, and a lack of access to financing. The pandemic made the situation even worse. But now, as the city reopens, a group of Black-owned businesses in Crown Heights is bucking that trend. And as Leyla Doss reports, this isn’t just about economics. It’s about the social and cultural fabric of a neighborhood.

We're back in Brooklyn for the month of May and this week we're doing something we've yet to do this project: basing a large portion of our marathon route off an existing tour. It's an educational program called 'In Pursuit of Freedom,' developed to highlight the rich history of the Brooklyn abolitionist movement. Areas visited this week include DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and the Weeksville section of Crown Heights. 'In Pursuit of Freedom' was developed by the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Irondale Ensemble Project and the Weeksville Heritage Center.

[REBROADCAST FROM JANUARY 10, 2019] Keisha TK Dutes, a podcast producer and educator, and Rob Fields, the executive director of the Weeksville Heritage Center, join us to discuss Dutes's audio drama called The Weeksville Project, which offers a unique take on the history of Weeksville. Located in Brooklyn, Weeksville became one of the largest free black towns in the US before the Civil War.  

On this week's show we will visit the neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, in Brooklyn. My guests will be Rediscovering New York regular and the show’s Special Consultant, David Griffin of Landmark Branding; and Medina Sadiq, Executive Director of the Bed Stuy Business Improvement District.  Tune in for this fascinating conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.Show NotesSegment 1Jeff introduces his first guest David Griffin, a regular on the show as well as being the founder of Landmark Branding. David begins by talking about his background and becoming interesting in architectural history. Next, Jeff asks him how Bedford Stuyvesant, or Bed-Stuy as locals call it got its unusual name. They explain how the “Stuyvesant” part of the name came from the first Dutch governor in Brooklyn. Jeff and David then talk about some of the early native settlers of Bed-Stuy, specifically some of the notable Dutch founders. Jeff asks what life was like in Bed-Stuy during colonial times up until the nineteenth century. David then talks about the battle of Long Island in 1776 that took place in and around Bed-Stuy. Jeff changes topics by asking about the history of Bed-Stuy’s railroad and its construction. They then talk about the history of Weeksville, one of the first free African American settlements in America.Segment 2Jeff begins by asking David about the origins of his company, Landmark Branding. He then asks about the process behind his blog: Every Building on 5th Avenue. Now going back to Bed-Stuy, Jeff and David discuss how Bed-Stuy became the neighborhood it is today. This brings them to talk about why Bed-Stuy became such an attractive location for developers and all the construction that happened. Jeff moves on to ask what the development of Bed-Stuy in the twentieth century looked like. David and Jeff bring up the famous Bed-Stuy A-train and the songs inspired by it. After this, they bring up a darker side of Bed-Stuy during the 1960s where real estate moguls took advantage of the African American community in the neighborhood. The social and racial divisions eventually led to a riot that encompassed Bed-Stuy and the surrounding streets. After this, David discusses the community activists that helped fight the injustice happening in the neighborhood. Lastly, Jeff asks David about how Bed-Stuy has managed to maintain its cultural identity amongst gentrification. Segment 3Jeff introduces Medina Sadiq, executive director of the Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District. Jeff begins by asking Medina about her upbringing in New York and how she got her law degree. Next, he asks how Medina got to work for the CDC and what she did. Medina talks about her experience managing projects helping women with HIV. Jeff then asks how Medina helped Muslim business owners and her part in getting mosques built in the city. Moving down her extensive job history, Medina talks about working as a lawyer in the Caribbean. Segment 4Jeff begins by asking how Medina got involved with BIDs. Medina goes on to discuss some of the challenges she dealt with when becoming the director of a BID, as well as her special initiatives. She goes on to talk about how gentrification has impacted her district. Jeff asks Medina about the neighborhood’s vibe, which leads her to speak about Bed-Stuy’s culture. She goes into detail about the beauty of the architecture in many of the buildings. Jeff then asks what surprises Medina about the neighborhood. Medina gives advice to potential business owners looking to open in Bed-Stuy.

Weeksville Brooklyn was one of the first free Black communities in New York. Many Black professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs came from Weeksville and it was a beacon of racial pride. Check out the episode for more info. Enjoy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

In honor of Juneteenth 2020, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when the news was finally delivered to Galveston, Texas that slavery in the United States had been abolished, we are returning to an episode from earlier in our season. "Free Brooklyn" tells two important stories about the struggle for freedom: a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 and the story of Weeksville, Brooklyn's historically Black neighborhood.

The history of black and African-American settlements and neighborhoods which once existed in New York City in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Today we sometimes define New York City's African-American identity by the places where thriving black culture developed -- Harlem, of course, and also Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, neighborhoods that developed for groups of black residents in the 20th century. But by no means were these the first in New York City. Other centers of black and African-American life existed long before then. In many cases, they were obliterated by the growth of the city, sometimes built over without a single marker, without recognition. This is the story of a few of those places.  From the 'land of the blacks' -- the home to New Amsterdam and British New York's early black population -- to Seneca Village, a haven for freed people of color in the early 19th century that was wiped away by the need for a city park. From Little Africa -- the Greenwich Village sector for the black working class in the mid 19th century -- to Sandy Ground, a rural escape in Staten Island with deep roots in the neighborhood today. And then there's Weeksville, Brooklyn, the visionary village built to bond a community and to develop a political foothold. In this collection of short historical stories, Greg welcomes Kamau Ware (of the Black Gotham Experience) and Tia Powell Harris (formerly of the Weeksville Heritage Center) to the show. The episode is a rebroadcast of a show which first aired on June 9, 2017. Stay tuned to the end of this show for some newly written material and an update on the Black Gotham Experience and the Weeksville Heritage Center. Visit our website for more images and information. Support the show.

In this excerpt of the full episode, Stephanye and DéLana reminisce about their year together in 2016 at Weeksville Heritage Center, "dreaming up possibilities with pennies." DéLana reminisces on the day Stephanye came into her office with a red wool coat and found a place for her, and what it means to look for a place for Black women with divergent careers, and then with the blessing and love from a Black woman, Tia Powell Harris program and fund a new 19,000 sq ft building with---inadequate funding from philanthropy, and yet! And yet! The work we did was not at all visible part of the contemporary story of Weeksville's "saving" so we had to do some documenting. And storytelling--what we do best. A graduate of Clark Atlanta University, Stephanye R. Watts is the newly appointed Assembly Program Coordinator at Recess. Stephanye served her community in her previous post as Community Engagement Manager at Weeksville Heritage Center and continues to do so as a member of the Association of African-American Museums, CAU's alumni association, UNCF's Inter-Alumni Council, and the HBCU Hub. As a non-traditional arts worker, Stephanye is invested in nurturing a generation of people like her to create a true representation of what diversity looks like in the arts.

We keep chugging along with our Brooklyn research, this time getting help from the Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger on learning about the neighborhood and village of Weeksville. Founded by free blacks in the 1830’s, Ron will help us understand its history, the rediscovery of the village in 1968 and its legacy overall. so, join us LIVE at 2pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast

Last fall, IHB partnered with Conner Prairie and the National Council on Public History to host a workshop covering the History Relevance Campaign. On this episode, we bring the valuable discussions from that day to you, our listeners. We ask you the question: What do you expect from your historical institutions? What should you expect?  See show notes and transcripts here. 

Four hundred years later, this country has yet to reckon with the legacy of slavery. And that is no less true for Brooklyn. This episode, we’re taking a cue from The 1619 Project and telling important stories about the struggle for freedom, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Heights’s Weeksville as a site of resistance and power before the Civil War.

So what is composting anyway? Today, we talk to the founders of @tehutimaat , a revolutionary community garden in the historic Weeksville neighborhood. We'll learn about composting, starting a community garden, and why it's so important. To learn even more and help expand their composting efforts, join us at the Urban Farm Fundraiser here at Brooklyn Tea on Friday, November 15. from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

This week, join host David Rheinstrom in a conversation with podcast doula Keisha TK Dutes to talk about Bondfire's The Weeksvile Project, Brooklyn, Beyonce, and creating things for yourself. You can find more about the Weeksville Heritage Center here: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/You can read the Mahogany L. Brown poem Wil read in this episode here: http://www.literarybohemian.com/index.php/poetry/poem/four-poems-by-Mahogany-L.-Browne/P0/

The story of a family, of time, and the changes that come to Weeksville, a town in Brooklyn forgotten until recently, The Weeksville Project is the focus of this week's Radio Drama Revival. Join us for a three-part mini-series look into the past.You can find more about the Weeksville Heritage Center here: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ You can read the Mahogany L. Brown poem Wil read in this episode here:http://www.literarybohemian.com/index.php/poetry/poem/four-poems-by-Mahogany-L.-Browne/P0/

Reg and Tiff chop it up on his visit to The Armoury for their “Summer Shindig” (big shout out to Richard Carroll), breaking down the definition of “accessible mastery” (bestowed upon Reg by Alex Winchell), what a “Tuesday suit” is, Reg's hatred of backpacks with suits and a special guest appearance from the folks at Ecowrist (“So What Do You Do?”) talking about their line, their connection to Weeksville and their trip to the Essence Festival. Get ready for a good listen.

Weeksville Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn -- one of America's many free black communities. President Rob Fields discusses financial challenges for Weeksville and their initiative to secure permanent funding from New York City. For more events and their crowdfunding campaign, visit weeksvillesociety.org.

Weeksville Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn -- one of America's many free black communities. President Rob Fields discusses financial challenges for Weeksville and their initiative to secure permanent funding from New York City. For more events and their crowdfunding campaign, visit weeksvillesociety.org.

Weeksville Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn -- one of America's many free black communities. President Rob Fields discusses financial challenges for Weeksville and their initiative to secure permanent funding from New York City. For more events and their crowdfunding campaign, visit weeksvillesociety.org.

On the show today: Weeksville, a black cultural and historical site here in Brooklyn - and home to one of the first free black communities in America - struggles to survive. Then, the Brooklyn Film Festival is upon us again. We chat with a documentary filmmaker about the plight of a Guatemalan mother who seeks sanctuary in a New York City church.

This week Lauren gets new luggage and we talk about food deserts. Links to what we talk about: What We’re Sippin’ On Weeksville Heritage Center Weeksville Heritage Center is a multidisciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn - one of America’s many free black communities. “Save Weeksville and Save Brooklyn’s Black History” Campaign Crowdfunded over $260k at time of posting Goals: $200k to keep the doors open; $250k will additionally facilitate repairs; $300k allows to begin building an emergency cash reserve “Men Don’t Have Friends and Women Bear the Burden” Want to start a Men’s Group? What is homosociality? #ImpactInfluencers National Bail Out (@nationalbailout) #freeblackmamas campaign We didn’t even have space to get this deep, but you can learn more here about Black Codes of Bail, “hundreds of policies and practices that continue to criminalize, exploit, and control our people” which further emphasize why NBO’s work is so important. Plus: We Stan a Toolkit! Natalie Hampton (@natalie_evelyn) Founder of Sit With Us, a mobile app designed to promote a kinder and more inclusive school community. Check out Natalie’s TedxTeen talk, “All It Takes Is One” Food Deserts Access NYC: Find help in NYC with food, housing, work and more. (Note: this site directs you to either be screened for eligibility and to apply – make sure you choose the one you want) USDA Food Desert Definition(s) Read more details about Lyft’s Grocery Access Program in Washington, D.C. And lastly, read about the NAICS here --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/communitea/support

The Weeksville Project: Cumberland Harrison - Part One. Written by J. Michael Kinsey Brooklyn in the mid 1800's is it's own city. Weeksville is a developing Free Black community and welcomes a new arrival from the South. Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble: Narrator - Aiesha Turman Cumberland - David Roberts Aunt Miriam - Lacresha Berry Virginia/Ginny - Emma Bracy Salem - Conscious Keep listening to find out what the future holds for Cumberland in Part Two. The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel. With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible. Please rate and review The Weeksville Project, it helps us get noticed! To support the future of work like this, visit bondfireradio.com to make a donation.

The Weeksville Project: Isaiah Harrison - Part Two It's the early 1900's, Weeksville and Brooklyn are flourishing and the Harrison family has grown. Written by Aiesha Turman, Keisha “TK” Dutes, and Conscious. and performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble Thank you to our Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble cast: Narrator - Aiesha Turman Cumberland - David Roberts Virginia/Ginny - Emma Bracy Isaiah - Derick Cross Millicent - Keisha “TK” Dutes Listen to Part Three to find out what’s happening with the family business and Weeksville. The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel. With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible. Please rate and review The Weeksville Project, it helps us get noticed! To support the future of work like this, visit bondfireradio.com to make a donation.

The Weeksville Project: Mimi Harrison - Part Three Written by Nichole Perkins. It's the late 1920's and Harlem is the new hot spot for Black people in New York. What does that mean for the Harrison family and for Weeksville? Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble: Narrator - Aiesha Turman Isaiah - Derick Cross Mimi - Ashley Miles Peter - David Roberts This concludes the Story of The Harrisons. The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel. With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible. Please rate and review The Weeksville Project, it helps us get noticed! To support the future of work like this, visit bondfireradio.com to make a donation.

The Weeksville Project’s first, 3 episode installment follows the fictional Harrison family through slice of life storytelling beginning with their patriarch, Cumberland’s arrival to Weeksville, Brooklyn after escaping slavery. Written individually, by a team of accomplished writers and researchers, each story is a moment in time focusing on a key member of that generation. Thoughtful narration acquaints us with the very real history of Brooklyn, N.Y. and provides a backdrop for the decision making entailed in a families legacy and survival. Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theatre Ensemble. Follow @bondfireradio on Twitter & IG and comment on social media via #weeksvilleonBFR

The perils of delivering pizza - no joke -- and a dog flu epidemic, also no joke; the man hoping for a Democratic primary upset in his race against long-time Brooklyn congresswoman Yvette Clarke; and Weeksville's second Saturday this week, with BRIC. 112BK is hosted by Ashley Ford (twitter.com/iSmashFizzle), and produced by Ross Tuttle, Fred Brown, Shirin Barghi, Emily Boghosssian and Kritzie Roberts and Ariana Rosas. Our editors are Clinton Philson, Jr. and Khyriel Palmer, our Technical Director is Eric

Alexis Fair, a masters candidate in the Cooper Hewitt/Parsons program, sat down with me to talk about the Weeksville Heritage Center. Which she covered in a course on period rooms. Founded in 1838, Weeksville was the second largest free, African American community in the U.S. in the pre-Civil War era. The settlement was named for James Weeks who, along with a group of African-American investors, acquired property in the area. Weeksville was almost lost to history when urban development threatened to erase the physical memory of the historic community. A grassroots effort to document the history of Weeksville and preserve the remaining properties emerged in 1968 through the leadership of local historian James Hurley, Dr. Barbara Jackson, and artist and activist Dr. Joan Maynard (the found Executive Director). Today Weeksville stands as a multi-dimensional arts and cultural space. The Hunterfly Road Houses are New York City landmarks and have been listed on the National Register of Historic Place since 1989. Here are some of the links for the places, people, and articles discussed. Twitter: @DecArtsPodcast Department of Cultural Affairs, Chakaia Booker Heather Lynn McDonald’s thesis on The National Register of Historic Places and African-American Heritage Brooklyn Life, Seán Devlin

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.

Gentrification has many of us thinking, just how long does one of America’s largest Black Community have before it is disappeared? We discuss Weeksville, Brooklyn's first free Black Community with guests, Vivian Warfield whose family has a long Brooklyn lineage- and historian, Aimee VonBokel. Segment One: Mark and Veralyn talk to Vivian about her commitment and descendancy to Weeksville, while Aimee provides historical context and geographical orientaion.   Segment Two: The Brooklyn Deep team wonders: Did Weeksville leave us any clues on how to contend with the displacement of the very Black community it helped bring into existence? Segment Three: "Tell 'Em Why You Mad" LINKS:  Aimee VonBokel provides us with a walk thru another family's economic timeline in Weeksville via the Carter-Mayo Properties.  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" Jim Europe's 369th Infantry "Hellfighters" Band "On Patrol In No Man's Land" EUBIE BLAKE & THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS. Pie, Pie Blackbird. 1932 All-Black Musical Film. Intro and Outro theme Music: “City Survival” by MC K-Swift featuring TreZure Empire.

This week features the curators and conservator behind the exhibition: Fashioning the Women of Weeksville, currently at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, New York. The show is a rare opportunity to see the material culture of the African American women who lived in Weeksville in the nineteenth and twentieth-century. In the first half of the episode, Joy and Jasmine talk to the curators Noel Corbin and Natalya Mills. In the second half of the episode Dana and Jasmine talk to Kristine McPartlin, who is responsible for conserving and dressing the wedding dress featured in the exhibition. On September 16, 2016, Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom is hosting the conference Community Curating: Stitching Together a History of a People at the Weeksville Heritage Center. For more information visit @fashioningtheself on Facebook. Noel Corbin instagram: @noelbynoelb Natalya Mills instagram: @from_natalya_with_love Kristine McPartlin instagram: @karamel_thunder Visit Weeksville: http://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ Visit Fashioning the Women of Weeksville: http://www.weeksvillesociety.org/current-exhibition/ Image credit: The Weeksville Lady, tintype, c.1880. Weeksville Heritage Center. Find out how The Weeksville Lady was discovered here. Visit us below for images and fashion: www.unravelpodcast.com Instagram: @unravelpodcast Twitter: @unravelpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/unravelpodcast/ Pinterest: unravel: a fashion podcast www.pinterest.com/afashionpodcast/

Today we sometimes define New York City's African-American culture by place – Harlem, of course, and also Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, neighborhoods that developed for groups of black residents in the 20th century. But by no means were these the first in New York City. Other centers of black and African-American life existed long before then. In many cases, they were obliterated by the growth of the city, sometimes built over without a single marker, without recognition. This is the story of a few of those places.  From the 'land of the blacks' -- the home to New Amsterdam and British New York's early black population -- to Seneca Village, a haven for early African-American lives that was wiped away by a park. From Little Africa -- the Greenwich Village sector for the black working class in the late 19th century -- to Sandy Ground, a rural escape in Staten Island with deep roots in the neighborhood today. And then there's Weeksville, Brooklyn, the visionary village built to bond a community and to develop a political foothold. Greg welcomes Kamau Ware (of the Black Gotham Experience) and Tia Powell Harris of the Weeksville Heritage Center to the show!   boweryboyshistory.com blackgotham.com weeksvillesociety.com Support the show.

A look at the historical and present-day connections between democracy, land, housing and economic development. The history of the US is packed with people of color and poor people who've been stripped of their rights - to vote, to wages, to housing or even just the right to stay in the country -  through incarceration, segregation, slavery and deportation. For just as long, black communities have created safety, and won a say in democracy, through buying and keeping land cooperatively.  It's not just history, either. Mark Scott is an organizer of #blacklandmatters, a group working today, and Tia Powell Harris is the director of the Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn's largest African-American cultural institution, which is dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville - one of America's first free black communities. This episode also features an exclusive report, Cooperation vs. Gentrification: Bed Stuy Strives to Stay Local, which explores ways people in the Bed Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn are using co-ops to find ways to benefit local communities and prevent the displacement caused by gentrification.

In the flatlands just south of Elizabeth City looms a monolithic monument to a mostly forgotten chapter of World War II. We will visit the giant Weeksville hangar that harbored Lighter than Air control craft and learn how they helped turn the tide in the Atlantic.

In the flatlands just south of Elizabeth City looms a monolithic monument to a mostly forgotten chapter of World War II. We will visit the giant Weeksville hangar that harbored Lighter than Air control craft and learn how they helped turn the tide in the Atlantic. Then, travel to Clemmons, and meet the remarkable family behind Mrs. Hanes' Moravian Cookies.

Weeksville was a bustling community, far off in the wilds of Brooklyn, established by former slave James Weeks in 1838 for free African- Americans.  This was only 11 years after the abolition of slavery in New York state-- a time when African- Americans had very few opportunities for land ownership.  That area is now where Bedford- Stuyvesant, East New York, and Brownsville meet.  Your hosts Kathleen and Kate tell you all about how Weeksville was started,  how it was almost lost from history forever, and the miraculous rediscovery and restoration of this amazing town in African- American history. Links to check out after listening to the 'cast: The Weeksville Heritage Center Thirteen.org's excellent video about Weeksville A video of a white guy talking about Weeksville. Kenneth Jackson is a Professor of History at Columbia University. A great blog post featuring Weeksville in NYPL's awesome digitized map collection. As always, our Facebook page has a ton of bonus images!

1698 Bergen Street Far from the bustle and racism of Manhattan, on what was then the outskirts of Brooklyn, free blacks built a community called Weeksville.

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Weeksville.

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Weeksville.

1698 Bergen Street Far from the bustle and racism of Manhattan, on what was then the outskirts of Brooklyn, free blacks built a community called Weeksville.