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Building Brooklyn: We've Been Here Before

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English - October 27, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 164 ratings
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The story of Canarsie in reverse, from the racial unrest in the 1990s, to the anti-integration school boycotts in the 1960s, the community of Canarsie's Black residents in the 19th century, all the way back to Brooklyn's first residents, the Native Lenape people, who gave the neighborhood its name. 

Read our transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/building-brooklyn-weve