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Bringing hope to Brownsville
I grew up in Brownsville when it was a very different kind of Brooklyn neighborhood. Today, as an 87-year-old Black man, I look around my old hood and I see so many young people full of potential who have been left to waste away, with few opportunities to harness their innate skills and talents. It didn’t used to be this way, and it doesn’t have to be. Let me tell you how it was, and what changed.
Source: nydailynews.com