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Crown Heights and Weeksville (Images of America)
Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
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| #415910 in eBooks | 2009-08-31 | 2009-08-31 | File type: PDF||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Highly recommended !|By Bill|I was born in and spent my formative years in Crown Heights. This book contained a lot of early history I was not familiar with. It is a fascinating read for anyone in the neighborhood. I always wondered why there seemed to be so many institutions (schools, hospitals, churches) in the area. Until I read this book, I did not realize the high elev|About the Author|Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly, author of Bedford-Stuyvesant, is a decades-long resident of Crown Heights. Her memberships with the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant History, African Atlantic Genealogical Society of Long
The communities of Crown Heights and Weeksville are historically significant Brooklyn neighborhoods with foundations that trace back to New York's early founding. Revolutionary War skirmishes took place there, and following the emancipation of slaves in 1827, Weeksville became the site of one of New York's earliest independent African American townships. The hills of Brooklyn's Green Mountains hindered early settlement, and as a result a plethora of community institution...
You easily download any file type for your device.Crown Heights and Weeksville (Images of America) | Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.