Brooklyn Public Library: "CBH Talks: Brooklyn Resists, Act Three: Black Lives Matter" - 5/25/21

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CBH Talks: Brooklyn Resists, Act Three: Black Lives Matter
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
6 to 7:30pm EST
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“Brooklyn Resists” is a three-part series that looks at the long history of Black-led protest in Brooklyn. Our final “Act” digs into the explosion of protest of the last year, as young people of color and their allies demand an end to systemic racism and police brutality.

The summer of 2020 saw protesters flood the streets of Brooklyn in response to the brutal police killing of George Floyd. The local activists who led the daily marches and rallies follow in the footsteps of centuries of Black activists. Join panelists Nialah Edari, one of those activist leaders and Co-Founder of Freedom March NYC; acclaimed historian Elizabeth Hinton, whose latest book "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s" demonstrates the clear precursors in Black rebellion; and Junior Mintt, an activist fighting for Black trans rights, as they explore the last year of Black protest and what the future holds for the fight for a fair, just and equal society. Jami Floyd, Senior Editor for the Race & Justice Unit at New York Public Radio and the Legal Editor in the WNYC Newsroom, moderates this final conversation.

To see the recordings of "Brooklyn Resists, Act One: Suffrage, Abolition and the Untold Stories of Black Women Leaders" and "Brooklyn Resists, Act Two: CORE and the Civil Rights Movement," visit the Center for Brooklyn History YouTube channel.

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