Unrest in Minnesota town offers warning to other U.S. suburbs, experts say Tim Craig, Silvia Foster-Frau © Joshua Lott/The Washington Post Pedestrians walk past the Brooklyn Center, Minn., water tower. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn When William Adams moved to this area a few years ago, he joined thousands of Minneapolis residents in transforming Brooklyn Center from the mostly White suburb it once was into one where people of color account for more than half the population. But as he tried to settle into the community, Adams, who is Black, was always reminded of how Brooklyn Center police used to harass him in the early 1970s when he came to visit his girlfriend, who was White.
Brooklyn Center, Minn unrest offers warning to other U S suburbs, experts say
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Daily Beast: The lights of an apartment complex named after a former Ku Klux Klan member shone just beyond the clouds of tear gas used to disperse protesters outside police headquarters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after an unarmed 20-year-old Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Sunday.
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The KKK member was Earle Brown, on whose farm the city of Brooklyn Center was founded back in 1911. Along with the Earle Brown Farm Apartments, there is the Earle Brown Heritage Center and Earle Brown Tower, and Earle Brown Drive.
Brooklyn Center renaming, revamping its summer celebration Instead of a weekend party, the city will stage events across months. February 24, 2021 11:39am Text size Copy shortlink:
Brooklyn Center s Earle Brown Days is getting a new name and format, which officials are hoping will draw more people to the annual summer celebration and help them reconnect to the city.
For one year, the fete will be called the Brooklyn Center Celebration. And instead of taking place only over the final weekend of June, a series of small events will be held throughout the spring, summer and early fall. Residents can experience a variety of events and partake in a dialogue as to what a Brooklyn Center Celebration should look like, said Janelle Crossfield, one of the city s recreation supervisors.