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Brooklyn Historical Society
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Museum, library, & educational center dedicated to 400 years of #Brooklyn in #BrooklynHeights + #DUMBO.
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Why should you donate to Brooklyn Historical Society this #holiday season? BHS brings us together to talk about what matters today! Donate today to make a difference in your #Brooklyn community. bit.ly/2V18ZTx pic.twitter.com/EdH7Iqt0fL
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12月18日 |
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Join us next month as our partnership with @SSRC_org continues with another exploration of the relationship between identity, demographics, and #politics. Discuss #race and #gender in politics on 1/16. bit.ly/1LY9t6j
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12月16日 |
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Check out our triple serving of events to kick off January at BHS!
1/14 - revisit the #OceanHill-#Brownsville strike: bit.ly/2LeBKYi
1/15 - discuss #women's righteous #anger: bit.ly/2UP8L1C
1/16 - tackle #race & #gender in #politics: bit.ly/2URegwz pic.twitter.com/tntfZSPohg
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Dr.Debbie Almontaser
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Dear friends and followers, last week I mentioned announcing a new development! Please welcome my book on Muslim Principals in Public #Education! Book Launch 1/24/19 @brooklynhistory! See you there! LeadingWhileMuslim.com! #Leadership #Islamophobia #discrimination #exclusion pic.twitter.com/I4oXzJXkdc
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12月15日 |
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Last week we launched our newest #OralHistory project, #MuslimsInBrooklyn. A packed house was here to celebrate the launch, to hear the stories of our narrators, and to engage one another in listening/discussion exercises. Read more about it from @bklyner: bit.ly/2LjTJMW
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12月14日 |
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Procrastinating Perfectionists Rejoice! Shop THIS WEEKEND for immediately gratifying handmade gifts. NYHC at the BK Historical Society. Dec 15-16. @brooklynhistory @bkheightsblog @brooklynheights #handmadecavalcade #etsyshop #shopsmall #giftideas #etsypopup pic.twitter.com/kME0pq2TrT
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12月14日 |
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BHS #OralHistorian @zaheerali appeared on @NY1's @InsideCityHall with @errollouis to discuss our #MuslimsInBrooklyn #OralHistory initiative. Check out the interview here: bit.ly/2LfUFBW, and be sure to visit the project portal to listen! bit.ly/2L0JsVD
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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12月14日 |
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Thanks to all the #Brooklynites and beyond who joined us this year for our #PublicPrograms! We aim to craft events that encourage dialogue on issues of #history that impact today. Join us next year as we continue the tradition in our first program of 2019! bit.ly/2LeBKYi
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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12月13日 |
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#History gets harrowing in this #PhotoOfTheWeek! #POTW #tbt #ThrowbackThursday bit.ly/2Lmvpu1 pic.twitter.com/K4X02yfLh9
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12月13日 |
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This position made it a front runner as the potential headquarters of the new United Nations. It was briefly considered to build a brand new city to serve this purpose, but the immediacy of the UN’s work led the organization to its first meeting at NYC’s World’s Fair grounds.
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12月13日 |
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When the war ended, NYC was one of the few great cities still intact: London, Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, and many others were heavily scarred by battle. NYC found itself as the largest, wealthiest, and most influential city in the world.
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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12月13日 |
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By 1946, every position at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was filled by men.
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12月13日 |
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Black Americans saw a similar rise in employment. These positions, however, were not meant to last: federal legislation was passed to force women and people of color to give up their jobs to be taken over by returning soldiers.
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12月13日 |
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During WWI, 100 women worked military positions, often filling traditional roles such as stitching textiles. In 1942, the Navy began started with a call for 600 women. Eventually, 18 million women were able to find jobs in fields that were previously closed to them.
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12月13日 |
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“Shipyardettes” flooded shipyards with applications to work, leading to an unprecedented rise in female employment.
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12月13日 |
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The many resources traded and controlled on Wall Street found their places in the Axis: American telecom companies built phone lines and control systems for German V2 rockets, American oil industries made fuel used by Luftwaffe and Japanese planes.
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12月13日 |
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Some prominent New York-based banks combined to form “the Swiss Bank account to end all Swiss Bank accounts” to transfer funds to Germany’s central bank.
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12月13日 |
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A number of active Catholic voices supported fascism via sermons and radio programs aimed at Catholic populations in Brooklyn. They viewed fascism as a necessary bulwark against the atheism extolled by Communism.
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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12月13日 |
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One such rally was interrupted by Dorothy Thompson’s constant laughter and heckling.
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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Fritz Kuhn and his German-American Bund organization staged rallies, including one at an over-capacity Madison Square Garden, praising the Nazis and openly saluting Hitler and his aims.
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