…these places of mass incarceration and the civil rights struggles of African Americans, LGBT people, and women. This is our seventh podcast – check them all out here. Check out…
Read More…In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Latinx, and immigrant history, as well as many other locations important to civil rights and social justice movements –…
Read MoreJean-Michel Basquiat Historic Plaque Ceremony The great American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) forged an innovative and inspiring language that melded his urban American experience with his African-Caribbean heritage. The painter,…
Read More…as Noortwyck. Freed African slaves brought here by the Dutch also farmed parcels of land in this sparsely populated district. After the English conquest of New Amsterdam in 1664, the…
Read More…a storied history as an early abolitionist congregation that accepted free African-Americans into full membership – years before slavery was abolished in New York. Join archivist David Pultz for the…
Read More…street as it slowly yields its secrets during three tension-filled days for a desperate man with a mission. Soon after Tim Hartknoll, a young African-American professor, finally convinces Jeff Gardner,…
Read More…to outcasts of diverse persuasions—from “half-free” Africans to working-class immigrants; from artists to politicians—for almost four hundred years. In his magisterial new book, cultural commentator John Strausbaugh weaves an absorbing…
Read More…and edited by the Lower East Side History Project’s Eric Ferrara. This book documents the memories of 25 people from diverse backgrounds—Jewish, Italian, Puerto Rican, Ukrainian, African-American, Muslim—who experienced life…
Read More…1913. The wealthy, the working class, immigrants, African Americans, Jews, Italians, gays and lesbians, and even aspiring vaudevillians all share the same park in the summer of 1913. (Show runs…
Read More…rich history in connection to immigrants, countercultural movements, and its early LGBT and African-American communities. This resulted in three historic district designations (the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, the…
Read More…conflict zones in Asia, Africa, and South America. His vision for Idlewild has always been the creation of a “community,” not just a business. Detective Jaime Hernandez — 9th Precinct Community…
Read More…about Village Preservation’s efforts to recognize and protect immigration, LGBT, African-American, and countercultural landmarks here). Read more about Village Preservation’s efforts around LGBT landmarks and history here and here. TO HELP: Urge the Landmarks Preservation…
Read More…still serves on the Poetry Project’s Friends Committee today. In 1988, Holman joined forces with Miquel Algarin to reopen the Nuyorican Poets Café. The Café nurtured Latino, African American, and…
Read More…Germany, The Other Israel, African Diaspora International, Winter Film Awards International Film Festival, SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, Reel Recovery, Wildlife Conservatory, New York Short Film, Arab Cinema week, and…
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This building was erected as the Third Unitarian Universalist church in 1833. In 1883, the Unitarians sold the building to the fledgling African-American Roman Catholic congregation of Saint Benedict the…
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Read More…racism and economic injustice on Chicago’s South Side was the first play written by an African American woman to be performed on Broadway. It’s no surprise that Hansberry is therefore…
Read More…resident who worked for ten years at the United Nations as a press officer traveling to conflict zones in Asia, Africa and South America before opening this incredible place. Del…
Read More…and Social Justice Map connected to Asian American history. To explore even more Civil Rights and Social Justice locations in our neighborhoods, including those connected to African American, women’s, LGBTQ,…
Read More…to when the East Village was a German-American community. Click here to view the whole tour. Enjoy this tour? We also have East Village Building Block tours on African American…
Read More…“sit-ins” which took place across the country to fight for African-American civil rights), in which they visited four bars to challenge the SLA discriminatory regulations. Formed in 1950, the Mattachine…
Read More…however, continued to face persecution). Many more, however, fled Spain and Portugal for North Africa and the Ottoman Empire, Holland, and eventually the New World. Some of these Sephardic Jews…
Read More…The shelves are wonderfully organized: books on various ethnic cuisine such as French, African, Jewish, Latin, Chinese, and Irish; books from different American regions such as New England, the South,…
Read More…new development, and returned disillusioned. She was critical of the project, noticing a lack of care shown towards poor African Americans affected by the development, and upset that development seemed…
Read More…with each year. More African-American regiments participated as well as women’s organizations such as the Daughters of Union Veterans. In 1898, the Memorial Day celebrations assumed more meaning as Americans…
Read More…Division before their departure for the fields of France. Of particular note is the large number of African Americans who marched in segregated units in the parade who received rapturous…
Read MoreYesterday, Off the Grid provided a sneak preview into our upcoming February programs to celebrate African-American History Month. Today we want to take a look back at our January programs….
Read More…5th Avenue, where our friend Dave Pultz, the official archivist at the church, shared a wonderful story about the old Spring Street Church, an early African-American congregation. The church itself…
Read More…Waverly Place. Her home, and that of many other pioneering women, African-American, and LGBT civil rights activists can be found on our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. In 2017,…
Read More…due to poor economic conditions in Italy, and the attraction of a booming economy here in New York. The South Village had seen other groups (Dutch, French, African-Americans, German, and…
Read More…an estimated 2 million lives each year, of which about 270,000 are children.” And while the impact of HIV/AIDS is significantly worse in places such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast…
Read More…floor of an early 19th-century building, one of just a handful of fine Federal row houses left in the neighborhood. They grew up in South Africa and Greece, and considered…
Read More…Joe Turner, Nellie Lutcher, and Mary Lou Williams. It also welcomed some of the most influential African American intellectuals of the time, including Walter White, Ralph Bunche, Richard Wright, E….
Read More…over one hundred other locations connected to African-American, women, LGBT, immigrant, and other civil rights and social justice history. Check them all out. Since the 1980’s, Davis had resumed teaching…
Read More…turn-of-the-last century New York; as the site of important cultural innovations and events; and as an important location in the history of New York’s African-American and lesbian and gay communities. …
Read More…slows, residents move on or assimilate deeper into American culture, and the ethnic identity of the neighborhood fades away. The Lower West Side (also called Little Syria), Little Africa, and…
Read More…for activism and radical thought. Although the Village is often remembered for being the epicenter of the LGBT civil rights movement, the African-American civil rights movement (as well as some…
Read More…in 1908. In 1912, she was the focus of a split in the club, when she began asking uncomfortable questions about why there were no African-American members, and why the…
Read More…end of a work week. Piano teacher Nnenna Ogwo played “Four Inventions for Piano” by African American composer Ulysses Kay (1917-1995). Voice teacher Walker Jermaine Jackson sang the tenor part…
Read More…stewards an extensive collection of over 10,000 objects that includes Gross’s sculptures, drawings, prints, and sketchbooks; a photographic archive; and Gross’s large personal collection of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, American, and…
Read More…Draft Riots of 1863 which erupted among Irish immigrants and African Americans over the first federal draft. Draft Riots of 1863 The 69th regiment, a.k.a. the “Irish Brigade” gained fame…
Read More…to do these two tiny but incredible thoroughfares justice (and one may be forthcoming…), covering everything from their history as the center of “Little Africa” to the story of Minetta…
Read More…Sun, in 1965 playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer/actor Robert Hooks and theater manager Gerald Krone came together to create a theater company that empowered African American actors by creating productions…
Read More…up 7 East Village coffee spots to hit while waiting for the Bean to reopen Apple Cafe Bakery will sell African treats on West 8th Street (Fork in the Road)…
Read More…punk, the Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club integrated many other influences into their music. Both the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club were known for mixing African rhthyms,…
Read More…largest African-American community in the mid-19th century; to one of its very first concentrated and visible gay and lesbian communities; and to some of the most important artists, musicians, and…
Read More…legislation of 1964–1965, he turned his attention to gay rights (in 1953 he had been arrested for a “homosexual act”) and economic problems of working-class and unemployed African Americans. Now,…
Read More…African Queen” in the studio at #172. Sadly, #178 has since been demolished. First, for those who might not be familiar, artist’s studios are spaces generally inserted into the upper…
Read More…of productions and boldly staged controversial plays featured African Americans actors. In 2008 NYU Planned to demolish the entire Provincetown Playhouse and Apartments building (which was the site of the…
Read More…the neighborhood. In Addisleigh Park, Queens, a neighborhood of single family homes with a rich African-American history, during this same time period the LPC has designated 422 buildings. Addisleigh park,…
Read More…York and compete with them for jobs. Rivalries already existed between Irish and African-American laborers who were among the poorest of all New Yorkers. (In March of 1863, a group…
Read More…immigrants and a large African-American population as well. The names on some of the businesses that were part of the injunction is revealing: Jimmie Kelly’s and Bertolotti’s speak to the…
Read More…Kenkelaba Gallery, an exhibition and work space for African-American, Latino, Asian-American and Native American artists that are typically not featured elsewhere. The sculpture park I’ve often noticed is part of…
Read More…a Roman Catholic church for an African-American community that lived nearby on Minetta Street (and Minetta Lane, and Minetta Place.) Next time you’re in the South Village, take a walk…
Read More…throughout the globe,most severely in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. New treatments allow people with HIV to live much longer, but neither a cure nor a vaccine has yet been found. …
Read More…Dogs on East 2nd Street helped obtain, to keep the streets clean. Some products give back a portion of their sales to HIV causes, or building schools in Africa. For…
Read More…as the site of important cultural innovations and events; and as an important location in the history of New York’s African-American and lesbian and gay communities. The proposed designation was…
Read More…Crane’s home on Washington Square, Little Africa also proved to be an inspiration for his writings. This included his short story “Minetta Lane” in which he vividly describes the area,…
Read More…Village/Lower East Side guides TNC’s focus on nurturing African-American, Asian, Latinx, and Native American theatrical expressions. TNC is also well known for cultivating LGBT writers and theater groups. Critically, TNC insists…
Read More…Cox The church was renowned for its abolitionist activities. It had a multi-racial Sunday school, one of the first in the city, and welcomed African-Americans to full communion. Racial tolerance…
Read More…Detention, Davis appears on GVSHP’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, along with over one hundred other locations connected to African-American, women, LGBT, immigrant, and other civil rights and social…
Read More…Wanted Fugitives list for aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder for allegedly helping a 17-year old African-American high school student procure a firearm which he used to help three men…
Read More…and the African Burial Ground. We hope you will read about some of our favorite women of the Village from Off the Grid: Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent…
Read More…15 Charlton Street. Read her story here. Read about the variety of immigrant communities in our neighborhoods such as Little Ukraine, Little Africa, the Italians of the South Village, and the forgotten Hungarian enclave featuring…
Read More…policies.” You can learn more about Jacob Riis and his work in the Village, especially in documenting tenement life and African-American communities, here. Riis was also an advocate for playgrounds…
Read More…NoHo. In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Hispanic, and immigrant history, as well as many other locations important to civil rights and social justice movements…
Read More…of the workers were Jewish like Clara, other ethnic groups and cultures were represented, including Italian and African-American women. In the face of police pressure, the Women’s Trade Union League…
Read More…turning point in his attitude toward the Civil Rights Movement came as a result of a seminal meeting with two of the Village’s most prominent voices on the African-American Civil…
Read More…way east in the blizzard, and so Lee Morgan’s life ended at the hands of the woman who had saved him five years earlier. Morgan was 33 years old. Local African-American…
Read More…Movement resulting from a seminal meeting with two of the Village’s most prominent voices on the African-American Civil Rights Movement: James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry. Also critical was the organizer of…
Read More…bohemian parents, an African-American woman named Beverly who gave birth to him when she was 13, and his Jewish beatnik stepfather Bobby, moved into the then-newly-built 780 Greenwich Street (at…
Read More…In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Hispanic, and immigrant history, as well as many other locations important to civil rights and social justice movements –…
Read More…family lived surrounded by their global, world-class art collection in their historic, salon-style installation of African, American, European, and Pre-Columbian collections. There many more in our neighborhoods and across all…
Read More…Accomplishments Map. Our heritage is rich! Few places in America have made more significant contributions to civil rights and social justice struggles for African-Americans, Women, Latinos, Immigrants, and Lesbian, Gay,…
Read MoreOriginally erected by the Third Unitarian Universalist Church in 1833 on the corner of Downing and Bleecker Streets, in 1883 this church was sold to the African-American Roman Catholic congregation…
Read More…mixed couples and bongo-playing African musicians who had come upon the scene. So while the stated reason for complaints about music in the park was the noise and subsequent violation…
Read More…of civil rights and social justice movements in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Hispanic, and immigrant history,…
Read More…arts . Read more about the plaque here, and about our ongoing plaque program here. You can also learn more about Basquiat and other great African American and Latinx trailblazers…
Read More…day. Certain key themes will also be discussed and in the case of the South Village, the social and cultural history of the area was explored including Little Africa, Italian…
Read More…1890’s the immigrant residents of the Sullivan Thompson historic district were overwhelmingly Italian, though there remained a large African-American population into the early 20th century, making the area one of…
Read More…his relationship with the city’s African-American community, which was never great, took a turn for the worse in the later years of the 1980’s, and was partially the cause of…
Read More…background in Civil Rights and social justice, specifically the area known as “Little Africa” Read more about the Seven to Save List designation here. Read about GVSHP’s efforts to protect the…
Read More…Rights and Social Justice map, which includes over a hundred additional sites connected to African-American, women’s, immigrant, LGBT, Latino/a, and other civil rights movements. And let us know if you think there’s…
Read More…give the street, in what was then referred to as “Little Africa” and was the home of many ‘Black and Tan’ (mixed-race) saloons, its notorious reputation in the late 19th…
Read More…featured African Americans actors. Provincetown Playhouse at 133 MacDougal Street. Source: New York Historical Society. This experimental theater company had its beginnings not in Greenwich Village but in Provincetown, Massachusetts,…
Read More…Village, the East Village, and NoHo. In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Hispanic, and immigrant history, as well as many other locations important to civil…
Read More…movements in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Hispanic, and immigrant history, as well as many other locations…
Read More…in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. In addition to LGBT history, the map also covers African-American, Women’s, Hispanic, and immigrant history, as well as many other locations important…
Read More…with Latin American descent.) Naiomy spoke specifically about Basquiat as a mixed-race artist; his identity as an African-American artist is very visible, but the full picture is that his father was…
Read More…cases the very poor. The improverished “Little Africa” neighborhood was located directly west, and the “rookeries” or tenements and rooming houses of the Minettas (Street, Lane, and the no longer…
Read More…1920. Writer James Agee lived and wrote “The African Queen” in the studio at #172. Sadly, #178 has since been demolished. First, for those who might not be familiar, artist’s…
Read More…of “Negroes” still to be found in what is today the South Village, in what was then known as “Little Africa.” By the 1920s that community would disappear, and the…
Read More…Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, and African-American. After World War II, an influx of Puerto Rican and Latinx residents to the neighborhood influenced the creation of a large collection of materials…
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