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La Escuela Bilingüe Número 25 del Distrito Escolar 7

Please note: This is work in progress. Please keep that in mind as you read.

Audre Lorde

By the 1980s, Audre Lorde was working full-time as a writer.

Double Dutch, sculpture by John Ahearn, Intervale Ave. and Kelly St.

In the 1970s and 1980s in New York City, many Black and Latinx neighborhoods were impoverished and their residents were struggling.

Palante, cover

Palante was a self-published newspaper in which the various branches of the Young Lords Party highlighted important issues in their communities.

I.S. 55 Graduation Speech

Please note: This is work in progress. Please keep that in mind as you read.

Program for Malcolm X Memorial Service, cover

In the East Harlem community control district, teachers emphasized subjects that connected to their students’ African heritage.

The Brownies’ Book, April 1920, letters from readers

The Brownies’ Book included different kinds of writing, visual art, and photography by adults.

The Brownies’ Book, February 1920, cover

The NAACP and W.E.B. Du Bois created The Brownies’ Book to speak directly to Black children about the world and their lives.

The Brownies’ Book, January 1920, excerpts

Here are a few pages from the first issue of the magazine.