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Charlotte Wilson

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About politics

The Fight for the Right to Vote: Brooklyn’s Famous Suffragists

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To win the right to vote, women had to develop a complex political strategy, and New York was their primary training ground. The history...
About politics

Brooklyn Teen Gangs of the 1950s: The Jokers, Bishops, and Barons

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While gangs certainly existed in Brooklyn before the fifties, the emergence of teenage gangsters was a frightening, new, and previously unseen phenomenon. Brooklyn had...
Military history

Brooklyn WWII Veterans: Without You, There Would Be No Us

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Jack Le Veen, a World War II veteran, lives in South Slope, Brooklyn. The veteran became well-known when he turned 96, as his neighbors...
Military history

The Brooklyn Native Who Landed in Le Havre, Liberated Dachau, and Captured Munich

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The 20th Armored Division landed in the French port of Le Havre in February 1945. By April, the division was already moving through Belgium...
Military history

Fighter Pilot Philip Schlamberg: One of the Last Americans Killed in WWII

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The heroes of World War II came from all walks of life. From resistance fighters and medics to humanitarian workers and those on the...
About the Mayor

One of Brooklyn’s Most Popular Mayors Who Could Have Been President

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Growing up watching local politics and law in action, it was no surprise that young Henry Cruse Murphy graduated from Columbia College and pursued...
About the Mayor

The Brooklyn Mayor Who Braved a Cholera Epidemic to Help the Sick

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The village of Breukelen was founded by the Dutch in 1646. Over the next few centuries, this small riverside settlement grew into the fourth-largest...
About politics

How a Grassroots Movement in Brooklyn Challenged the Local Democratic Party Establishment

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The founders of the Brooklyn-based grassroots political organization, the New Kings Democrats, were Rachel Lawler and Matt Cowherd. Following the 2008 election campaign, which...
About politics

Election History: How Brooklyn Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election

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In 2020, according to data from the New York State Board of Elections, nearly three-quarters of voters in Brooklyn cast their ballots for the...
Military history

Floyd Bennett Field: From City Airfield to WWII Naval Base

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Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeastern Brooklyn, New York, situated along the shore of Jamaica Bay. The...

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