On Tuesday evening, September 27 at 6:30 the Brooklyn Historical Society will present Edward Ball, author of Slaves in the Family, and Karen Branan, author of The Family Tree, who will discuss “Confronting a Southern White Past”. The conversation will be moderated by Rachel L. Swarns of The New York Times. Admission is $10, or […]
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Panel on “Brownstone Brooklyn” at Brooklyn Historical Society Tomorrow Evening
Tomorrow evening (Thursday, July 7) at 6:30 the Brooklyn Historical Society will host a panel discussion, “Brownstone Brooklyn: Pioneers in the Gentrification Movement”, moderated by Jarrett Murphy, executive editor of City Limits, and featuring Suleiman Osman, author of The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn, along with “Clinton Hill resident, filmmaker, and educator Walis Johnson, and Sandy […]

Coming Up at Brooklyn Historical Society
Sunset Park already has a large Asian population; now Bensonhurst has a rapidly growing Chinese community. How is this likely to affect local politics? On Wednesday evening, January 27, starting at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a discussion on this topic, moderated by Jarrett Murphy, with panelists Paul Mak of the Brooklyn Chinese-American […]
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