Tag: People
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Organized by Educational Alliance – Manny Cantor Center Educational Alliance invites you to experience the vibrant creativity and cultural contributions of older New Yorkers during the 5th Annual CelebratEArts Festival, a month-long arts festival held in May in honor of Older Americans Month. This milestone year continues the celebration of creativity, expression, and connection through…
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Organized by Manny Cantor Center Educational Alliance invites you to experience the vibrant creativity and cultural contributions of older New Yorkers during the 5th Annual CelebratEArts Festival, a month-long arts festival held in May in honor of Older Americans Month. This milestone year continues the celebration of creativity, expression, and connection through the arts. Our…
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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.…
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By Imani Vieira Pictured Carmen Pabón and Luis Rivera, son of Adela Fargas of Casa Adela celebrating at the first Loisaida Festival in 1986. Photo taken by Marlis Momber. Carmen Pabón was born in Puerto Rico in 1921 or 1922, she had two birth certificates. She immigrated to New York City at the age of…