Activism in sports
In 2016, this Quarterback knelt on one knee during the national anthem in protest against police brutality and racial injustice
Colin Kaepernick
In this rap song, the group "Public Enemy" urges people to take action against authoritative systems
Fight the Power
She founded Life lines in 1983
Julie Brockway
Free points
Free points
Actor Eli Goree played this "civil rights" minded boxer in the 2021 movie "one night in Miami"
Muhammad Ali
Sam Cooke wrote this song to support the civil rights movement, as black Americans fought for equality.
A change is Gonna Come
In 2014 this staff member played a detective in "Smooth", a movie that was inspired by Michael Jackson's song "Smooth Criminal"
Omar
This one-stop destination has eateries, events and everything in between and is comprised of 16 buildings, built on 35 acres of repurposed industrial space.
Industry City
During this olympics, African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised a black-gloved fist during the US national anthem
1968 Olympics
Sometimes referred to as the most shocking song of all time, Billie Holiday recorded her iconic version on April 20, 1939.
Strange Fruit
From 1995-1998 this staff member was a co-host of "Acid Lollipops", a Manhattan Public Access variety TV show.
Jack Rivas
In 1988, this famous Neo-expressionist painter was buried at the historic Green-Wood Cemetery
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Despite a race official’s attempt to stop her, this athlete stayed the course and became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon.
Kathrine Switzer
Lady Gaga sang about queer acceptance in this 2011 hit song
Born This Way
In 2019 this staff member released a song on soundcloud titled: "welcome To The Surface"
Marco
This actor from Sunset Park played Jim " Johnny Cakes" Witowski in the Television series The Sopranos.
John Costelloe
On Aug. 6, 1926, this 19-year-old became the first woman to swim the English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
Nina Simone wrote this song in response to the 1963 murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Mississippi.
Mississippi Goddam
In 2010, this staff member won the Canadian Footes Bay Regatta log rolling competition
Ginny
Designed by Cass Gilbert, it started out as a military supply base—the largest in the US—up through World War II and is also famous as the place where Elvis Presely shipped out for his tour of duty in the 1950s.
Brooklyn Army Terminal