via Bed-Stuy Patch
Path-Blazing Pol Gets Street Honor
Part of Jefferson Avenue has been renamed Bertram L. Baker Way in honor of the late assemblyman, who became Brooklyn's first African-American elected official in 1948.
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via The Local
Banking on Fulton Street
A new bank brings new hope on one of Brooklyn's most vibrant strips.
CD 3: Caribbeans Say ‘Count Us in’
There's a movement, born in Brooklyn, to add a Caribbean-American ethnicity option to the Census forms.
New York Cheers Obama Victory
From the streets of Harlem to Times Square to Bedford-Stuyvesant, to living rooms to church basements to bars around the the city, New York marked the election of the country's first African-American president with reactions ranging from horn-honking and cheering to prayers of thanks and tears of joy.
Brooklynites Beat Sun to the Polls
Anticipation, like the "night before Christmas," leads Brooklynites to the polls at dawn.