Tag: National Action Network

  • August Robles

    August Robles

    This photo of East Harlem caught my eye with the Botanic sign and the police carrying Tommy guns: Note that the officers also have gas masks: And bullet proof vests that look more like aprons when compared to the ones we see on the police these days: Lastly, there appears to be a laughing priest…

  • Kristin Jordan Does Not Vote for Adrienne Adams, the First-Ever, Black NY City Council Speaker

    Kristin Jordan Does Not Vote for Adrienne Adams, the First-Ever, Black NY City Council Speaker

    In one of her first acts as a city council representative, Kristin Jordan was one of only 2 city council members who did not vote for Adrienne Adams the first Black City Council Speaker in the history of New York City. Jordan was one of only two colleagues to vote against Adrienne Adams. In her…

  • Councilwoman Kristin Jordan Protests Proposed Civil Rights Museum and Headquarters For The National Action Network

    Councilwoman Kristin Jordan Protests Proposed Civil Rights Museum and Headquarters For The National Action Network

    PRESS RELEASE: City Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, and concerned residents of central Harlem, will lead a protest on Monday January 3, 2022 to fight against the “One45” development, proposed for the corner of Lenox avenue and West 145th street. The proposal to construct two 363-foot-tall towers, a civil rights museum and new headquarters for Rev.…

  • Mt. Morris Bathhouse

    Mt. Morris Bathhouse

    The Mount Morris Bathhouse (also sometimes called) the Mount Morris Turkish Baths, was located at 28 East 125th Street. Built in 1889-90 by C. Abbott French & Co., the structure was designed as a blend of two popular styles at the time, neo-Grec and Queen Anne. The bathhouse was the first commercial tenant of the…

  • Cockroaches!

    Cockroaches!

    Yuck! June is Anti-Gun Violence Month Join the National Action Network’s incredible work on the plague of gun violence at an anti-gun meeting today at 12:30.