Black Pride, Kung Fu and Social Justice: The Life and Times of Bed Stuy’s Slave Theater
Judge John L. Phillips. Photo via the Slave Theater website
For many people in Bedford Stuyvesant, home to Brooklyn’s largest African American community, Fulton Street’s Slave Theater is not just a building — it’s a metaphor.
The name has always been uncomfortable. Who wants to be reminded of slavery? Who wants to be reminded of slavery when going to the movies, of all times?
That’s just why Judge John L. Phillips chose the name.
