the brownsville collective feb 2016 online edition

Copyright copy THEBROWNSVILLECOLLECTIVE 2013

February 2016

25cent

FREE

WE Honor

Black History month

by continuing in the

struggle to let the truth be

known

ldquoHealing begins with

usrdquo

LIFE EXISTED before slavery

Africans Ancestry and the TRUE history

not taught in schools

Original CivilizationBlack Buddha Conquerorsrsquo of EUROPE

KNOWLEDGE OF SELF

Learn how the Slave Codes Black codes amp Jim Crow laws

still affect African Americans everyday

CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY

ldquoSankofardquo Sankofa teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward That is we should reach

back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us so that we can achieve our full potential as we

move forward Whatever we have lost forgotten forgone or been stripped of can be reclaimed revived

preserved and perpetuated

httpwwwduboislcnetSankofaMeaninghtml

CONTACT US

PHONE

(917) 681-0540

EMAIL

thebvillecollective

gmailcom

Join us on

FACEBOOK

THEBVILLECOLLECTIVE

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THE BROWNSVILLE COLLECTIVE FEB 2016

KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY

You are in

Community Board 16 Viola Greene District Manager 444 Thomas Boyland Bklyn NY 11212

Call (718) 385-0323 for meeting GENERAL COMMUNITY

BOARD MEETING

March 24TH 700 ndash 900pm

444 Thomas Boyland

City Agency Concerns DIAL 311

Local Community Board 16

(718) 385-0323

CITY Councilmember

Darlene Mealy (718) 953-3097 41st Council District

1757 Union Street 2nd Floor Brooklyn NY 11213

WHO TO CALL

Issues Questions Comments ldquolawsrdquo Funding Policies or

procedures Budgeting

CITY

LOCAL

STATE

STATE Assemblyman

Charles Barron (718) - 257-5824 60th Assembly District

467 Thomas S Boyland StBklyn 11212

Brooklyn Borough President

Eric Adams (718) 802-3700

209 Joralemon St Bklyn NY 11225

STATE Senator

V Mongomery (718) 643-6140

25TH Senate District

30 Third Avenue Bklyn NY 11217

FEDERAL

Congresswoman

Yvette Clarke (718) 287-1142

123 Linden Boulevard 4thFL

Brooklyn NY 11226

CITY Councilmember

Inez Barron (718) 649-9495 42st Council District

718 Pennsylvania Ave Brooklyn New York 11207

STATE Assemblywoman

Latrice Walker Local information not yet available

The executive members of the community Board will inform the community of the new procedures for 2016

73rd PCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING

Anthony Newerls President 3rd Thursday of every Month

73rd PCT COMMUNITY CLERGY MEETING Reverend Acey Pettaway President

Last MONDAY of every month

Call (718) 495-5411 700 pm

73rd Precinct station

Brooklyn District Attorney

Victim Services Unit 718-250-3820

Public Integrity Unit 718-250-2747

Immigrant Fraud Unit 718-250-3333

Labor Frauds Unit 718-250-3770

A Special ldquoThank Yourdquo

For All of our Community

Collaborative Submissions

Brownsville BMS The Brownsville Collective

Editor in Chief Publisher

Deidre Olivera

Executive Editor

M Morton Hall Treasurer

Earlene Franklin

1470 East New York Ave Bklyn

NY 11212 (718) 495-5411

Commanding Officer Iglsias

This yearrsquos felony assaults and the

number of shootings are higher than

the rest of the city

73rd Precinct

Community Ticker

Jan 15 2016 Possible jumper Last night at approx 1130pm an identified male was found unconscious DOA in the rear of 301 Sutter Av At this time the case is being investigated as a possible jumper from the roof of the location January 26 2016 Slasher arrested Mondays Manhattan subway slashing perpetrator has been arrested in Brownsville by 73 pct personnel February 4 2016 Rape ndash Perpetrator in Custody 1620 Pitkin avenue Female got into what she thought was a cab at eastern and Fulton Perpetrator drove to 1620 Pitkin avenue and put a knife to her throat and forcibly raped her Perp is in custody February 6 2016 Police involved shooting On Feb 06 2016 at approx 1050 pm members of the Gang squad were involved in a shooting incidents with an armed perpetrator at the corner of Riverdale and Osborn There were no injuries and one perpetrator was apprehended with a firearm

We appreciate the 73rd Pct for its

dedication involvement and

commitment to the Community

IHalleluJah

P a g e | 3


Born in a tenement Ms Gaston had to leave school and go to work at age 14

Went to seminars at what is now known as the ldquoAssociation for Study of Afro-American Life and

Historyrdquo

taught young minds about their history out of her home in what was called the Childrens Cultural

Corner

organized small groups of children and young adults from Brownsville into classes to learn about

their ethnic histories the arts and the humanities

This event laid the foundation for Brownsville Heritage Househellip in acquiring the second floor

space above the Stone Avenue library on the corner of Mother Gaston and Dumont Ave

Hence the Brownsville Chapter of the Association for the Study of African American Life and

History

Mother Gaston at age 96 passed away month before Brownsville Heritage House opened its doors in

March 1981

That same year Stone Avenue was renamed Mother Gaston Boulevard which runs from Broadway to

Linden Boulevard covering the communities of Ocean-Hill and Brownsville

After her death a bronze statue was erected in her memory in Brownsville and Stone Avenue was

renamed Mother Gaston Boulevard

Rosetta Mother Gaston (1885- 1981 )

COMMUNITY ACTIVIST

Visionary amp Founder of the Brownsville Heritage

House located in the Stone Avenue Library

Stone Avenue Library opened in 1914 as the

Brownsville Childrens Library the worlds

first public library devoted to children She believed too many of us do not know or understand our rich

heritage and the many contributions we as a people

have made before and after the middle passage

hellip devoted her life to community work

and teaching Black children about their

heritage

BLACK HISTORY-Rosetta ldquomotherrdquo Gaston

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Telecommunications

Ever had an interest in technology Driver technicians are in high demand in the IT industry In addition to a driverrsquos license Net+ certification is required to get started Thatrsquos where we come in

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Network Technician Specific Program Requirements You must have a valid Driverrsquos License with no more than 2

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Able to lift heavy equipment upwards of 50 pounds

You are interested in a career in cabling and

telecommunications

Per Scholas Admission Requirements

You have an interest in technology You live in New York City

You have a high school diploma or the equivalent

You are legally authorized to work in the US

You can read write and speak in English

You can pass a basic academic assessment test

You can attend classes full-time for the entire duration of the course

To learn more and apply Attend an information session in person held every Monday through Friday at 9 AM at our Bronx location (804 E 138th St - 6 local train to Cypress Avenue) If you wish to speak with someone in advance you may emailadmissionsperscholasorg or call 718-772-0623

Free programs and job training

We would like to thank

Mrs Nersquoce Payne for her

submissions to the

Brownsville Collective

employment and

opportunities section

P a g e | 5


HOME - LIFE BEFORE SLAVERY - HOME

P a g e | 6


SLAVERY ndash Snatched from the homeland

The slave trade was facilitated on the European end by the Portuguese (mostly by Portuguese Empires Brazilians) the Dutch the French and the British

Researchers estimate that between 2 and 3 million slaves were exported out of this region and were traded for goods like alcohol and tobacco from the Americas and textiles from Europe Current estimates are that about 12 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic from West Africa although the number purchased by the traders is considerably higher

ldquoThe space was so low that they sat between each others legs and [were] stowed so close together that there was no possibility of their lying down or at all changing their position by night or day As they belonged to and were shipped on account of different individuals they were all branded like sheep with the owners marks of different forms These were impressed under their breasts or on their arms and as the mate informed me with perfect indifference burnt with the red-hot ironhellip he had taken in on the coast of Africa 336 males and 226 females making in all 562 and had been out seventeen days during which she had thrown overboard 55 The slaves were all enclosed under grated hatchways between deckshellip on looking into the places where they had been crammed there were found some children next the sides of the ship in the places most remote from light and air they were lying nearly in a torpid state after the rest had turned out The little creatures seemed indifferent as to life or death and when they were carried on deck many of them could not standhellip Their horror may be well conceived when they found a number of them in different stages of suffocation many of them were foaming at the mouth and in the last agonies-many were dead A living man was sometimes dragged up and his companion was a dead body sometimes of the three attached to the same chain one was dying and another dead The tumult they had heard was the frenzy of those suffocating wretches in the last stage of fury and desperation struggling to extricate themselves When they were all dragged up nineteen were irrecoverably deadrdquo

Walsh Robert Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 (1831)

rdquoCapt Harding weighing the stoutness and worth of the two slaves did as in other countries they do by rogues of dignity whip and scarify them only while 3 other abettors (but not actors nor of strength for it) he sentenced to cruel deaths making them first eat the heart and liver of one of them he killed The woman he hoisted by the thumbs whipped and slashed her with knives before the other slaves till she diedrdquo

httpwwwamaafricatodaycommiddle_passag

ehtm

(A)Handcuffs Used during Captue and oftentimes kept on for entire voyages Often remaining shackled to dead bodies for weeks and months

(B) Speculum oris Used to break their teeth and the force feed slopfood on the captive Africans

who refused to eat and would rather die

(C) Thumbscrews Used as punishment andor torture

(D) foot shackles Also known as leg irons Used so there

could be no running away

B

A

C

D

P a g e | 7


WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A SLAVE

Fannie Moore

ldquoI never see how mammy

stand so much hard work She

stand up for her children

thoughhellipThe old overseer He

hate my mammy Every night

she would pray for the lord to

get her and her children out of

the place One day she plowing

in the cotton field All sudden

let out big yell Then she start

singing and a shouting and a

whoopin and a hollering Then

it seem she plow all the harder

When she come home Mister

Jim mammy say ldquoWhat all that

going on for in the field You

think we send you out there

just to whoop and yell No

siree we put you out there to

work and you sure better work

else we get the overseer to

cowhide your old black back

My mammy just grin all over

her black wrinkled face and say

Irsquos saved the lord done tell me

Irsquos saved Now I know the lord

will show me the way I aint

going to grieve no more No

matter how much you all done

beat me and my children the

Lord will show me the way

And one day we never be

slaves Old granny more grab

the cowhide and slash mammy

across the back but mammy

never yell She just go back to

the field a singinghellip it was a terrible sight to see the

speculators come to the

plantation They would go

through the fields and buy the

slaves they wantedhellip The

breed woman always bring

more money then the rest

even the men When they put

her on the block they put all

her children around her to

show folks how fast she can

have children When she sold

her family never see her again

She never know how many

children she had Sometimes

she have colored children and

sometimes white Aint no use

saying anything cause if she

did she just got

whippedhellipAunt Cheney helliphave

two children by the

overseerhelliphe was mean as the

devil When aunt Cheney not

do what he asked he tell

granny Moore Ole granny call

aunt Cheney to the kitchen

and make her take her clothes

off then she beat her until

she black and blue Many

boys and girls marry their

own brothers and sisters

and never know the

difference lest they get to talking about they parents

and where they used to

livehellip My pappy he was a

blacksmith He shoe all the

horses on the plantation His

name was Stephen

Moorehellipand his mammy too

She was brought over from

Africa She never could speak

plainhellipWhite folks never recognize

them any more than if they was a

doghellip

The year before the war started

Master Jim DiedhellipMaster tom and

Andrew take charge of the plantationhellipbut they just get

started when the war comehellipboth

had to go My pappy he go along

with them to do their cooking My

pappy he say that some day he

run four or five miles with the

Yankees behind him afore he can

stop to do any cookinghelliphe say he

walk on dead men just like he

walking on the ground hellipthe

Yankees come awful close Mister

Andrew have the confederate

flag in his hand He raise it high

in the air Pappy yell for him to

put the flag downhellipbut Master

Andrew just hold the flag up and

run behind a tree The Yankee

soldiers take one shot at him and

that was the last of him My

pappy bring him homehellipthen

pappy go back to stay with

Master Tom Master Tom was

just woundedhellippappy bring him

home and take care of him till he

well Master Tome give pappy a

horse an wagon cause he say he

save his lifeafter the war pappy

go back to work on the

plantation He make his own

crop on the plantationhellipbut the

money was no good thenhelliphe

work till just before he

diehellippappy die when he was 104

years old and mammy live to be

105

After the war the Klu Klux Klan

broke outhellipjust night Thy take

the poor niggers away in the

woods and beat them and hang

them The niggers was afraid to

move much let alone try to do

anything They never know what

to do they have no learning

Have no money All they can do

was stay on the same plantation

until they can do better We live

on the same plantation till the

children all grown and mammy

and pappy both die then we

leave I donrsquot know where any of

my people are now I knows I was

born in 1849 I was 88 years old

on the first of September ldquo Read The complete documentary here

httpsnorthcarolinaslavenarrativeswor

dpresscomnorth-carolina-slave-

narratives-2moore-fannie

ldquoCourse dey cry you think

dey not cry when they was

sold lak cattle I could tell

you lsquobout it all day but

even den you couldnrsquot guess

de awfulness of itrdquo mdashDelia Garlic age 100 Montgomery

Alabama

ldquoLots of old slaves closes

the door before they tell

the truth about their days

of slaveryrdquo mdashMartin Jackson around 91 years

old Victoria County Texas

httpauthortalkorgindexphpc

ategory=writing-

tipsamppage=quotes-from-former-

slaves

ldquoWe lib in uh one

room house in de

slave quarter dere

on de white folks

plantation My

Gawd sleep right

dere on de floor

Fed us outer big

bowl uv pot licker

wid plenty corn

bread en fried meat

en dat lsquobout aw we

ersquoer eatrdquo

mdashHector Godbold age

87 Marion County

South Carolina

ldquoSLAVERY was a bad thing and

FREEDOM of the kind we got with nothing to live on

was bad TWO SNAKES FULL

OF POISON One lying with his

head pointing north the other with his head

pointing south Their names was

SLAVERY and FREEDOM The snake called

slavery lay with his head pointed

south and the snake called

freedom lay with his head pointed

north Both bit the nigger and they was both badrdquo mdashPatsy Mitchner

Read more about her experience httpsnorthcarolinasla

venarrativeswordpress

comnorth-carolina-

slave-narratives-

2mitchner-patsy

P a g e | 8


Brooklyn Public Library Central Library Dweck Center

Saturday February 20 2016 100 pm ndash 200 pm Age Group Kids -- FREE

This program celebrates the differences and similarities of dances within the African Diaspora

Using movement and music participants will go on an interactive dance

tour starting in West Africa going to the Caribbean and Latin America and

finally landing in the Unites States

a

BLACK HISTORY- EVENTS

America The Legacy of African American Public Service

The first colored Senators and representatives January 21 ndash February 26 2016 - FREE For further info call (212) 360-8163 64th Street and Fifth Avenue inside Central Park Third Floor of the Arsenal Building Gallery hours are 900 am to 500 pm Monday through Friday The Arsenal Gallery is located at (Closed municipal holidays)

The year 1619 marked the beginning of the slave trade in the Thirteen Colonies

but the first African American elected to office in the United States of America

has been documented as early as 1768 Despite slavery prejudice and Jim Crow

laws America has seen numerous influential African American leaders who

shaped the social legal and justice systems to provide equal rights to a

disenfranchised population

P a g e | 9


So me Of Our C h a m p i o n s BMS FAMILY HEALTH amp WELLNESS CENTERS

Salute The African American Community

Black History Month or National African American

History Month is an annual celebration of achievements

by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central

role of African Ameri- cans in US history The event

grew out of ldquoNegro History Weekrdquo the brainchild of

noted histo- rian Carter G Woodson and other prominent

African Americans Since 1976 every US president has

officially designated the month of February as Black

History Month Other countries around the world

including Canada and the United Kingdom also devote a

month to celebrating black history

Overview (Demographics) In July 2012 431 million

people in the United States were Black alone or in

combination African Americans are the second largest

minority population following the HispanicLatino

population In 2012 most Blacks lived in the South (55

percent of the Black

US population) while 36 percent of the white population

lived in the South The ten states with the largest Black

population in 2012 were Florida Texas New York

Georgia California North Carolina Illinois Maryland

Virginia Ohio Combined these 10 states represent 58

of the total Black population Of the 10 largest places in

the United States with 100000 or more population

Detroit Michigan had the largest proportion of Blacks

(84) followed by Jackson Mississippi (80)

On one team are dental plaquemdasha sticky color-

less film of bacteriamdashplus foods and drinks that

contain sugar or starch (such as milk bread

cookies candy soda juice and many others)

Reports show that American students miss 51

million hours of school every year because of oral

health problems And students who are ab- sent

miss critical instruction timemdashespecially in early

grades where reading skills are an impor- tant

focus and the building blocks of future learning

And students who have experienced recent oral

health pain are four times more likely to have

lower grade point averages than their counterparts

who have not

What goes on inside our mouths all day Throughout the day a tug of war takes place inside

our mouths

Whenever we eat or drink something that con-

tains sugar or starch the bacteria use them to

produce acids These acids begin to eat away at the

tooths hard outer surface or enamel

On the other team are the minerals in our saliva

(such as calcium and phosphate) plus fluoride from

toothpaste water and other sources This team

helps enamel repair itself by replacing minerals

lost during an acid attack

Our teeth go through this natural process of losing

minerals and regaining minerals all day long

Tooth-friendly tips bullLimit between-meal snacks This reduces the

number of acid attacks on teeth and gives teeth

a chance to repair themselves

bullSave candy cookies soda and other sugary

drinks for special occasions

bullLimit fruit juice

bullMake sure your child doesnt eat or drink any-

thing with sugar in it after bedtime tooth brushing

Saliva flow decreases during sleep Without

enough saliva teeth are less able to repair them-

selves after an acid attack

P a g e | 10


SLAVE CODES were sets of laws during the colonial period andor in individual states after the American Revolution which defined

the status of slaves and the rights and responsibilities of slave owners

Virginia 1639 Act XI All persons except the African slaves are to be provided with arms and ammunitions or be fined at the pleasure of the governor and the council Virginia 1705 ndash If any slave resists his mastercorrecting such a slave and shall happen to be killed in such correctionthe master shall be free of all punishmentas if such accident never happened Louisiana 1724 ndash The slave who having struck his master his mistress or the husband of his mistress or their children shall have produced a bruise or the shedding of blood in the face shall suffer capital punishment Alabama 1833 section 33 ndash Any slave who shall write for any other slave any pass or free-paper upon conviction shall receive on his or her back fifty lashes for the first offence and one hundred lashes for every offence thereafter

South Carolina established its slave code in 1712 based on the 1688 English slave code employed in Barbados The South Carolina slave code served as the model for other colonies in North America In 1770 Georgia adopted the South Carolina slave code and then Florida adopted the Georgia code[4] The 1712 South Carolina slave code included provisions such as

No slave shall be allowed to work for pay or to plant corn peas or rice or to keep hogs cattle or horses

or to own or operate a boat to buy or sell or to wear clothes finer than Negro cloth The slave codes of the tobacco colonies (Delaware Maryland North Carolina and Virginia) were modeled on the Virginia code which was initially established in 1667

Slaves were prohibited from possessing weapons

Slaves were prohibited from leaving their owners plantations without permission

Slaves were prohibited from lifting a hand against a white person even in self-defense A runaway slave refusing to surrender could be killed without penalty Southern slave codes did make willful killing of a slave illegal in most cases

BLACK CODES 1865 Mississippi and South Carolina enacted the first black codes which were designed

to restrict freed blacksrsquo activity and ensure their availability as a labor force now that slavery had been abolished

ldquovagrancy statutes made it a crime to be unemployed Many misdemeanors or trivial offenses were treated as felonies with harsh

sentences and finesrdquo Blacks who broke labor contracts were subject to arrest beating and forced labor and apprenticeship laws forced many minors

(either orphans or those whose parents were deemed unable to support them by a judge) into unpaid labor for white planters Passed by a political system

in which blacks effectively had no voice the black codes were enforced by all-white police and state militia

forces (often made up of Confederate veterans of the Civil War) across the South

The Jim Crow laws 1876 and 1965 were racial segregation laws enacted

between in the United States at the state and local level

The separation in practice led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans systematizing a number of economic educational and social disadvantages While Northern segregation was generally de facto there were patterns of segregation

in housing enforced by covenants bank lending practices job discrimination discriminatory union practices for decades

Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools public places and public transportation and the segregation of restrooms restaurants and drinking fountains for whites and blacks The US military was also segregated

These Jim Crow Laws followed the 1800ndash1866 Black Codes which had previously restricted the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans with no pretense of equality

httpsenwikipediaorgwikiSlave_codesViolence_and_other_injustices_against_slaves httpwwwhistorycomtopicsblack-historyblack-codes

httpwwwpbsorgtptslavery-by-another-namethemesblack-codes

SLAVE CODES - BLACK CODES - JIM COW- stlll in effect

P a g e | 11


Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela POLITICAL ACTIVIST against Apartheid

The penalties imposed on political hellip severe Thousands of individuals died in custody frequently after gruesome acts of torture Those who were tried were sentenced

to death banished or imprisoned for life like Nelson Mandela

A man who takes away another mans freedom is a prisoner of hatred he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness I am

not truly free if I am taking away someone elses freedom just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me The oppressed

and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity They recognized that an injury to one is an injury to all and therefore acted together in defense of

justice and a common human decency

I am Prepared to Die (1964) speech During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black

domination I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities It is an

ideal which I hope to live for But my lord if needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die I must deal immediately and at some length with the question of violence Some of the things so far told to the Court are true and some are untrue I do

not however deny that I planned sabotage I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence I planned it as a result of

a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny exploitation and oppression of my people by the

Whites

It is fit and proper to raise the question sharply what is this rigid color-bar in the administration of justice Why is it that in this

courtroom I face a white magistrate am confronted by a white prosecutor and escorted into the dock by a white orderly Can anyone

honestly and seriously suggest that in this type of atmosphere the scales of justice are evenly balanced

Why is it that no African in the history of this country has ever had the honor of being tried by his own kith and kin by his own flesh

and blood

I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations I have fought it all during my life I fight it now and will do so until the end of my days Even although I now happen to be tried by one whose opinion I hold in high esteem I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here It makes me feel that I am a black man in a white mans court This should not be

In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges magistrates attorneys-general law advisers and similar positionsIn the absence of these safeguards the phrase equality before the law in so far as it is intended to apply to us is meaningless and misleading All the rights and privileges to which I have referred are monopolized by whites and we enjoy none of them The white man makes all the laws he drags us before his courts and accuses us and he sits in judgement over us

ldquoOvercoming poverty is not a task of charity it is an act of justice Like Slavery and Apartheid poverty is not natural It is man-made and it can be overcome

and eradicated by the actions of human beings Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great YOU can be that great generation Let your greatness blossomrdquo ldquoFor to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of othersrdquo

ldquoI learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fearrdquo

ldquoWhen a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in he has no choice but to become an outlawrdquo

BLACK HISTORY-Nelson Mandela

Apartheid word meaning the state of being apart

From 1960-1983 35 million non-white South Africans were removed in one

of the largest mass removals in modern history

Nevertheless Africans living in the homelands needed passports to enter

South Africa aliens in their own country

Most blacks were stripped of their South African citizenship

ldquoOnly free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into contracts Your

freedom and mine cannot be separatedrdquo

Refusing to bargain for freedom after 21 years in prisonhellip

Upon his release he became the1st President of South

Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic

elections

P a g e | 12


Ancient Black BuddhaThailand

Neferteri standing Woman from

Mangbetu tribe

ANCIENT OLMEC HEAD STATUE

HAIR LOCKS

KING MANGUS One of the most fascinating aspects of the African presence in Europe is the wide collection of images of the Black Magus King in European art

The Black magus is the youngest of the three kings and traditionally he is said to come from Ethiopia He is sometimes called a Moor and he is interestingly enough the king who stands farthest away from the Christ child The Black magus is the youngest of the three kings and traditionally he is said to come from Ethiopia

Understanding the history of the Moors - The Moors werehellipAfrican

The Moors were Muslim inhabitants of the Maghrebthe Iberian Peninsula Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages In August 711 Tarikwon paramount victory over the opposing European army On the eve of the battle Tarik is alleged to have roused his troops with the following words

ldquoMy brethren the enemy is before you the sea is behind whither would ye fly Follow your general I am resolved either to lose my life or to trample on the prostrate king of the Romansrdquo hellip

Within a monthrsquos time General Tarik ibn Ziyad had effectively terminated European dominance of the Iberian Peninsula The Moors invaded the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa hellipmost of modern-day Spain Portugal and SeptimaniahellipMazara on Sicily in 827 developing it as a porthellip and they eventually consolidated the rest of the island and some of southern Italy

TARIK DJABAL

One of the most infamous MOORS

In 711 the bold Tarik crossed the straits and disembarked near a rock promontory which from that day since has borne his name mdash Djabal Tarik (ldquoTarikrsquos Mountainrdquo) or Gibraltar

THE BLACK HISTORY YOU HAVENrsquoT READ ABOUT IN SCHOOL

P a g e | 13


Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson April 4 1928 ndash May 28 2014) was an

American author poet and civil rights activist

Angelou was raped as a young girl and when she told the name of her rapisthelliphe was

sentenced to one day in jail He was killed four days after his release from prison allegedly by

her uncles

She then became mute for almost five years believing as she stated I thought my voice killed

him I killed that man because I told his name And then I thought I would never speak again

because my voice would kill anyone

She began her practice of learning the language of every country she visited and in a few years

she gained proficiency in several languages

She wrote articles short stories TV scripts documentaries autobiographies and poetry

produced plays composed songs and movie scores and was named visiting professor at

several colleges and universities

BLACK HISTORY ndash Maya Angelou

P a g e | 14


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OPPORTUNITIES

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2016 Ladders for Leaders Program Application Apply here httpsapplicationnycsyepcomPagesApplicationPagesLFLEligibilityaspx Ladders for Leaders is a nationally recognized program that offers high school and college students the

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The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 137

will conduct a recruitment from March 7 2016 through March 6 2017 for 10 sheet metal

worker (sign hangerrigger) apprentices the New York State Department of Labor announced

today Applications can be obtained at 50-02 5th Street Suite A Long Island City NY from 800

am to 1200 pm every Monday excluding legal holidays during the recruitment

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high school equivalency diploma in order to receive an application

For further information applicants should contact their nearest New York State Department of Labor office or Local Union 137 at (718) 937-4514Apprentice programs registered with the

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Sheet Metal Workers Recruit Apprentices

Were Hiring Open Positions in 2016 We are looking for committed individuals to fill three positions to begin in the late winterearly spring of 2016 Short

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ldquoRhetorically Douglass was a master of irony as illustrated by his famous Fourth of July speech in 1852 ldquoThis Fourth of July is yours not mine You may rejoice Imust mournrdquo he declared Then he accused his unsuspecting audience in Rochester New York of mockery for inviting him to speak and quoted Psalm 137 where the children of Israel are forced to sit down ldquoby the rivers of Babylonrdquo there to ldquosing the Lordrsquos song in a strange landrdquo For the ways that race have caused the deepest contradictions in American history few better sources of insight exist than Douglassrsquos speeches Moreover for understanding prejudice there are few better starting points than his timeless definition of racism as a ldquodiseased imaginationrdquo

Douglass initially lived with his maternal grandmother Betty Bailey At a young age Douglass was selected to live in the home of the plantation owners one of

whom may have been his father His mother an intermittent presence in his life died when he was around 10

He was later made to work for Edward Covey who had a reputation as a slave-breakerrdquo Coveyrsquos constant abuse did nearly break the 16-year-old Douglass psychologically Eventually however Douglass fought back in a scene rendered powerfully in his first autobiography After losing a physical confrontation with Douglass Covey never beat him again

Douglass tried to escape from slavery twice before he succeeded He was assisted in his final attempt by Anna Murray a free black woman in Baltimore with

whom Douglass had fallen in love On September 3 1838 Douglass boarded a train to Havre de Grace Maryland Murray had provided him with some of her

savings and a sailors uniform He carried identification papers obtained from a free black seaman Douglass made his way to the safe house of abolitionist David

Ruggles in New York in less than 24 hours Once he had arrived Douglass sent for Murray to meet him in New York They married on September 15 1838

adopting the married name of Johnson to disguise Douglassrsquos identity Anna and Frederick settled in New Bedford Massachusetts which had a thriving free

black community There they adopted Douglass as their married name

Douglass wrote and published his first autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave in 1845 The book was a best seller in the United States and was translated into several European languages Although the work garnered Douglass many fans some critics expressed doubt that a former slave with no formal education could have produced such elegant prose Following the publication of his

autobiography Douglass traveled overseas to evade recapture He set sail for Liverpool on August 16 1845 and eventually arrived in Ireland as the Potato

Famine was beginning He remained in Ireland and Britain for two years speaking to large crowds on the evils of slavery

During this time Douglassrsquos British supporters gathered funds to purchase his legal freedom

In 1847 the famed writer and orator returned to the United States a free man

For sixteen years he edited an influential black newspaper and achieved international fame as an orator and writer of great persuasive power

In thousands of speeches and editorials he levied an irresistible indictment against slavery and racism provided an indomitable voice of hope for his people embraced antislavery politics and preached his own brand of American ideals In the 1850s he broke with the strictly moralist brand of abolitionism led by William Lloyd Garrison he supported the early womenrsquos rights movement and he gave direct assistance to John Brownrsquos conspiracy that led to the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859

President Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation which took effect on January 1 1863 declared the freedom of all slaves in

Confederate territoryDespite this victory Douglass supported John C Freacutemont over Lincoln in the 1864 election citing his disappointment that Lincoln did not publicly endorse suffrage for black freedmen Slavery everywhere in the United States

was subsequently outlawed by the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution Douglass was appointed to several political positions following the war He served as president of the Freedmans Savings Bank and as chargeacute daffaires for the Dominican Republic After two years he resigned from his ambassadorship over objections to the particulars of US government policy He was later appointed minister-resident and consul-general to the Republic of Haiti

a post he held between 1889 and 1891 httpwwwhistorycomtopicsblack-historyfrederick-douglass

httpwwwbiographycompeoplefrederick-douglass-9278324

Frederick Douglass Born Feb 1818 social reformer abolitionist orator writer and statesman

ldquoIf there is no struggle there is no progressrdquo ldquoPower concedes nothing without a demand

It never did and it never willrdquo ldquoIt is easier to build strong children than to repair broken menrdquo

FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT of the

United States

BLACK HISTORY-Frederick Douglas

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The Brownsville Collecive ndash Correcting His-tory

Each year the black History edition newspaper becomes the most complicated issue for me to produce It consumes days and weeks of my time with research and at times is a very emotional experience

As I continue to seek more knowledge of the African American experience I see my grandparents and other family members come to life I see by-products of being stolen and placed in a cold land easier to identify within the current communities I feel compassion for the reasons of distrust loathing of Doctors deep seated emotional pain and the unwavering reliance in the past generations belief in prayer Oh how I wish I could go back in time and tell them that I understand them more each year Their struggles have not fallen on deaf ears

Itrsquos all so apparent that economic and cultural factors have produced mass acts of genocide against people of varying cultures and nations and forever blighted humanity Yet the endurance of a people throughout decades of continually shifting power bases provides strength and hope to my spirit

I am blessed and grateful to share this edition with you and desire that anyone reading this newspaper will continue to seek out true history - not HIS-story We have to continue the vision of those who have gone before ushellipand I know that we have much work to do Therefore I pray that God continues to allow me to assist as we travel along this journey together

EDITORIAL

Deidre Olivera Editor In Chief

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KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY

You are in

Community Board 16 Viola Greene District Manager 444 Thomas Boyland Bklyn NY 11212

Call (718) 385-0323 for meeting GENERAL COMMUNITY

BOARD MEETING

March 24TH 700 ndash 900pm

444 Thomas Boyland

City Agency Concerns DIAL 311

Local Community Board 16

(718) 385-0323

CITY Councilmember

Darlene Mealy (718) 953-3097 41st Council District

1757 Union Street 2nd Floor Brooklyn NY 11213

WHO TO CALL

Issues Questions Comments ldquolawsrdquo Funding Policies or

procedures Budgeting

CITY

LOCAL

STATE

STATE Assemblyman

Charles Barron (718) - 257-5824 60th Assembly District

467 Thomas S Boyland StBklyn 11212

Brooklyn Borough President

Eric Adams (718) 802-3700

209 Joralemon St Bklyn NY 11225

STATE Senator

V Mongomery (718) 643-6140

25TH Senate District

30 Third Avenue Bklyn NY 11217

FEDERAL

Congresswoman

Yvette Clarke (718) 287-1142

123 Linden Boulevard 4thFL

Brooklyn NY 11226

CITY Councilmember

Inez Barron (718) 649-9495 42st Council District

718 Pennsylvania Ave Brooklyn New York 11207

STATE Assemblywoman

Latrice Walker Local information not yet available

The executive members of the community Board will inform the community of the new procedures for 2016

73rd PCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING

Anthony Newerls President 3rd Thursday of every Month

73rd PCT COMMUNITY CLERGY MEETING Reverend Acey Pettaway President

Last MONDAY of every month

Call (718) 495-5411 700 pm

73rd Precinct station

Brooklyn District Attorney

Victim Services Unit 718-250-3820

Public Integrity Unit 718-250-2747

Immigrant Fraud Unit 718-250-3333

Labor Frauds Unit 718-250-3770

A Special ldquoThank Yourdquo

For All of our Community

Collaborative Submissions

Brownsville BMS The Brownsville Collective

Editor in Chief Publisher

Deidre Olivera

Executive Editor

M Morton Hall Treasurer

Earlene Franklin

1470 East New York Ave Bklyn

NY 11212 (718) 495-5411

Commanding Officer Iglsias

This yearrsquos felony assaults and the

number of shootings are higher than

the rest of the city

73rd Precinct

Community Ticker

Jan 15 2016 Possible jumper Last night at approx 1130pm an identified male was found unconscious DOA in the rear of 301 Sutter Av At this time the case is being investigated as a possible jumper from the roof of the location January 26 2016 Slasher arrested Mondays Manhattan subway slashing perpetrator has been arrested in Brownsville by 73 pct personnel February 4 2016 Rape ndash Perpetrator in Custody 1620 Pitkin avenue Female got into what she thought was a cab at eastern and Fulton Perpetrator drove to 1620 Pitkin avenue and put a knife to her throat and forcibly raped her Perp is in custody February 6 2016 Police involved shooting On Feb 06 2016 at approx 1050 pm members of the Gang squad were involved in a shooting incidents with an armed perpetrator at the corner of Riverdale and Osborn There were no injuries and one perpetrator was apprehended with a firearm

We appreciate the 73rd Pct for its

dedication involvement and

commitment to the Community

IHalleluJah

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