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Black History Month

2/28 Event: Black History Month at LaSante Health Center

Image February 21, 2018February 18, 2018 cmlauriecumbo Black History Month, Miscellaneous African-American, arts, Black History Month, Brooklyn, culture, entertainment, fun, Healthcare

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2/27 Event: 2018 YWCA-NYC Salon Series

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2/15 Event: Celebrate Black History Month with the New York City Council

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Black History Month 2018: Spotlight on Black Trailblazers

February 7, 2018February 28, 2018 cmlauriecumbo Black History Month, Miscellaneous A Raisin in the Sun, activists, actresses, Althea Gibson, American, Armed Forces, astronaut, athletes, baseball, Bessie Coleman, Black History Month, Broadway, Brown University, Carmen Jones, Cathay Williams, Claudette Colvin, comedienne, comedy, Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, Crown Heights, Democrat, Dominique Dawes, Dorothy Dandridge, Dr. Mae Jemison, Dr. Patricia Bath, Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, Flo Kennedy, Gone With the Wind, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Hattie McDaniel, hepatitis B, ivy league university, Jane Bolin, Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo, judges, Letitia James, Linda Martell, Loretta Lynch, Lorraine Hansberry, Madam C.J. Walker, medicine, military, Moms Mabley, Muslim, National Organization of Women, New York University, NYC Broadway Week, Olympics, Oscar, outer space, Patricia Roberts Harris, pioneers, playwrights, politics, Public Advocate for the City of New York, rabies, Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, Ruby Bridges, Ruth Simmons, San Francisco Sea Lions, segregation, Shirley Chisholm, sports, Toni Stone, Trailblazers, U.S. Army, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Congress, U.S. Navy Admiral Michelle Howard, U.S. presidency, U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team, university presidents, vaccine, West Coast Negro Baseball League, Wilma Rudolph, women, World Hijab Day, Yale Law School

As the first African-American woman to serve as the New York City Council Majority Leader, I want to celebrate those who have also served as the “FIRST” in various capacities throughout Black History Month.

Check back daily or weekly for new additions throughout the month of February!

LORRAINE HANSBERRY (2nd)

Hattie McDaniel (3rd)

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Ruth Simmons (5th)

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DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (9th)

FLO KENNEDY (10)

BESSIE COLEMAN (11)

WILMA RUDOLPH (12)

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DOMINIQUE DAWES (16)

DR. PATRICIA BATH (17)

MADAM C.J. WALKER (18)

CATHAY WILLIAMS (19)

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Black History Month Celebrations Presented by Elected Officials

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 cmlauriecumbo Black History Month, Events Alhambra Ballroom, Black History Month, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Comptroller Scott Stringer, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, freedom, Harlem, slavery, St. Francis College, Trailblazers

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Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth in Brooklyn Council District 35

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 cmlauriecumbo Black History Month, Miscellaneous arts, BAM, Black Comix Expo, Black History Month, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, culture, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Fort Greene, gospel, history, music, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Prospect Heights

Fridays

Now-February 18

Fight the Power: Black Superheroes on Fim

Price: $7.50 for members/$15 general admission

Sunday, February 11

BAM Black Comix Expo

11AM

BAM Rose Cinemas – 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY

Friday, February 15

Brooklyn Talks: A Tribute to Basquiat

7PM

Brooklyn Museum, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 200 Eastern Parkway

Price: $20/$25

Friday, February 15

Gwendolyn Brooks Centenary Tribute

7:30PM

Brooklyn Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza

Thursday, February 22

James Baldwin: Price of the Ticket

Documentary Screening followed by Q&A

7PM

Brooklyn Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza

Thursday, February 22

Poetic Justice: Women, Power, Politics, and the Black Arts Movement

7PM

Brooklyn Museum, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 200 Eastern Parkway

Price: $25

Friday, February 23

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Documentary Screening

6PM

Brooklyn Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY

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