Black History + Heritage Workshop: Malcolm & Marcus - Part 2!

Two legends. Two boulevards. One neighborhood that carries their names.

Join the Illuminating Black History Project - presented by GrowHouse Design + Development Group - for a hands-on workshop to shape the BEACON - a sculpture commemorating 250 years of the Declaration of Independence and 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived on Lenapehoking..

On Wednesday, June 3rd from 6:30–8:30 PM, we gather at GrowHouse Marcus Garvey (410 Marcus Garvey Blvd between Halsey and Macon Streets)

We'll be joined by:

• designers from Andrea Steele Architecture
• Kinfolk Tech- an augmented reality organization building the archive of the future

There will be hands-on activities that will shape what the the BEACON lighting sculpture will look, sound, and feel like.

WHY MALCOLM & MARCUS?

Marcus Garvey built the largest Black mass movement in American history - preaching self-determination, Pan-African unity, and the radical idea that Black people deserved not just rights, but power. Malcolm X, raised on Garvey's legacy through his own parents' UNIA membership, carried that same fire into the mid-20th century - transforming it into a searing indictment of white supremacy, economic exploitation, and the limits of integration.

Two men. Two generations. One unbroken thread of Black radical thought and a neighborhood that named its boulevards after both of them.

WHAT TO EXPECT

📍 Updates on the project

🌆 Activities that will shape the lighting project's direction

📍Space for questions, dialogue, and connection with neighbors

DETAILS

📅 Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026

⏰ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

📍 Starts at: GrowHouse 410 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn NY 11216

ABOUT THE ILLUMINATING BLACK HISTORY PROJECT

The Illuminating Black History Project is an initiative of GrowHouse Community Design + Development Group, a Brooklyn-based organization anchored in Bed-Stuy. In June of this year, we'll unveil a lighting scuplture that will ensure that the people who built this neighborhood remain connected to its history and its future.

This walk is part of an ongoing series bringing Black history off the page and into the block.

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