The longtime Brooklynite was a force behind the annual West Indian Day Parade Carnival in Crown Heights for more than 40 years.
The longtime Brooklynite was a force behind the annual West Indian Day Parade Carnival in Crown Heights for more than 40 years.
The Bedford-Church African Burial Ground Coalition in Brooklyn on Saturday, June 19 hosted a Juneteenth celebration at 2286 Church Avenue, a site where bones of enslaved Africans have been repeatedly found.
The Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Carnival Association announced on Monday that it is cancelling this year’s massive carnival parade on Eastern Parkway amid the coronavirus pandemic.