Lessons Learned from Brooklyn and Queen’s Contested Turfs We reflect on the greater issues of boiling tensions in NYC.
At the surface, various racial tensions of New York City in the past may appear to have been fragmented…
Tensions Boil in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst It's 1989: a murder sheds a troubling light on the community.
Bensonhurst in 1989 was a town dominated by white Italians. Yusuf Hawkins was 16 years old and was new to…
The Summer of ’91: The Crown Heights Riots Making sense of the three most violent, racially-charged days
“It was the city’s worst racial violence since the outbreak that followed Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968.” – Time Magazine…
The Turfs of Queens and Brooklyn By Emily, Beatriz, Hafsah & Brian
Welcome to Turf Tension: Howard Beach, Crown Heights, Bensonhurst & Flatbush —————————————————————- DEMOGRAPHICS – (HK) QUEENS – Howard Beach: Described…
Contested Turfs – Our Focus Welcome to Brooklyn & Queens: Boroughs of Racial Tension
Queens: Howard Beach Brooklyn: Bensonhurst, Crown Heights & Flatbush – – – – – – – – – – – – –…
Contested Turf By Emily, Beatriz, Hafsah, & Brian
Events of Conflict Representative of Greater Urban Issues (w/ minor focus on: Power of Media on Public Perception) Our…
