Marcia Ely News Today

thank you so much for joining us. im marcia ely from the brooklyn public library center for brooklyn history. and the arts and culture team, be p l presents. this year, brooklyn public library celebrates its 125th anniversary. our birthday is a chance to talk about all the library does and one important part of that work is steward in the extraordinary special collections at the center for brooklyn history. these archives are the combined materials from the brooklyn public librarys spe...

Tonights as well as musical performances, family and childrens events, literary and philosophical discussions and so much more. Tonights program, the history of lenape forced removals, is one part of a larger and far ranging initiative that we are honored to be presenting with the wisdom and leadership of the Lenape Center. This Initiative Includes new yorks first ever lenape curated expedition which is now on view at bpls as well as many topics such as the myth of the purchase of manhattan we w...

Historians would actually call the american revolution. People like george washington, Thomas Jefferson, alexander hamilton. Taxation without representation. Other founders and historical highlights all popped up. A few of you also mentioned places like historic jamestown, plymouth plantation in massachusetts and Colonial Williamsburg. A few people mentioned the history of slavery. It was notably because of either the 16 19 project or black lives matter protests. There were a few omissions. No o...

That is if you had a chance to visit the Center for Brooklyn History's pop-up exhibition, which showcased three of Brooklyn’s premier miniature artists and

Arthur Miller, a beloved father and local business owner, who was known as a staple in his community, was choked to death by several NYPD officers on June 14,