Tag: Black History

  • Walking Tour: Reclaiming Black Spaces

    Walking Tour: Reclaiming Black Spaces

    Organized by The Tenement Museum Explore stories of how Black New Yorkers shaped Lower Manhattan as they made homes, businesses, and communities there over the centuries. On this tour, you’ll discuss how Black New Yorkers experiences were shaped by migration, how communities created a sense of home, and how people resisted the racism they faced.…

  • Wesley Augustus Williams

    Wesley Augustus Williams

    Wesley Augustus Williams (1897-1984) was born in Harlem to Lucy Metrash and  James Henry Williams, Chief of the Red Caps in Grand Central Terminal.  He’d been inspired as a boy by Sam Battle’s successful struggle to join the NYPD as its first Black patrolman. Williams studied and trained rigorously, passing all tests with high marks.…