BP MARKOWITZ HONORS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH CELEBRATION AT BOROUGH HALL |
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Photo by Stephen Lipuma
In photo (left to right): Richard E. Green; Linda Laverpool (sister of Posthumous Honoree Frederick Laverpool, Sr.); BP Markowitz; Yvonne Graham; Lt. Col. John Mulzac; Rev. Dr. Cheryl G. Anthony; Rodney Leon |
On Thursday, February 28, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Yvonne Graham, Special Assistant to the Borough President, celebrated Black History Month with a gathering at Borough Hall.
Honorees included Rev. Dr. Cheryl G. Anthony, Founder & CEO of Judah International Christian Center, Inc.; Richard E. Green, Chief Executive & President, Crown Heights Youth Collective, Inc.; Lt. Col. John Mulzak, an original Tuskegee Airman; Rodney Leon, designer of the African Burial Ground National Monument; Col. Tracey Nicholson, commanding officer at Fort Hamilton Army Base; and (posthumously) Frederick Laverpool, founder of “Braggin’ About Brooklyn” Tours.
The event also highlighted Brooklyn Tourism’s New York City Underground Railroad Destination Project with Heritage New York.
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