Brooklynites: Book Party

Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough through their search for social justice in Prithi Kanakamedala‘s new book (NYU Press).

This is a story of land, home, labor, of New Yorkers past, and the legacy they left us. Join Prithi (Bronx Community College & CUNY Graduate Center) as we honor this unique nineteenth-century chapter in New York City’s history. Prithi will read excerpts from the book, followed by a reception. Books will be available for sale at the event.

Prithi Kanakamedala is a Full Professor of History at Bronx Community College CUNY. She is also a faculty member in the M.A. in Liberal Studies Program, and the inaugural faculty coordinator of the Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) housed at the Center for the Humanities at CUNY Graduate Center. Her research looks at community-building, race, and citizenship in Brooklyn and New York’s 19th-century free Black communities. She is also an active public historian in New York City and has worked with a range of cultural organizations. Brooklynites is her first full-length book. https://prithikanaka.com

This reading and book party is free and open to the public and will take place Wed, Oct 9th in the Martin E. Segal Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fith Ave. Please register to attend.

This event is organized and hosted by the Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2) and the Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center, and co-sponsored by Gotham Center and the Master’s in Liberal Studies (MALS) program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Click here for more info about this book party event and the author.

Host or Publisher The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY