The History of Anti-racist Protests in Brooklyn

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, a history of racial protests in Brooklyn, technology has revealed a new portr

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Good morning. 🌤️Today, a history of racial protests in Brooklyn, technology has revealed a new portrait by Amedeo Modigliani, and Elara Shurety asks “what happened to electronic civil disobedience?”Also, tomorrow is a national holiday in the US, Juneteenth, and we want to wish everyone a restful day. Last year we did a special Sunday Edition on the topic, and we encourage you all to check it out in order to get a better acquainted with the history and importance of a holiday that marks the emancipation of African Americans.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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Attendees of the George Floyd Memorial march near Hank Willis Thomas’s “Unity” sculpture, June 2020. (by Jon Vachon, courtesy Center for Brooklyn History)

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