Thomas P. Brook Became First Black Officer in Yonkers PD, April 1, 1925
Today, 100 years ago, Wednesday, April 1, 1925, the Yonkers Police Department appointed its first Black Officer, Thomas P. Brooks. He was the first...
This Day In Black History – March 11th Lorraine Hansberry Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Produce A Broadway Play
A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play produced by a Black woman, Lorraine Hansberry, debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March...
This Day In Black History – March 7th – Bloody Sunday
With all the efforts to whitewash and even downright erase our history, Black Westchester is committed to continuing to document and celebrate because not...
