Black History

Aug 9
3 min

No Longer Forgotten: A Research Journey by Carolyn Brown

The following post was written by Carolyn Brown, a frequent researcher at the Local History Collection who has also produced several...

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Jun 16
2 min

Juneteenth Celebration with Carolyn Brown

Over the past several years, Carolyn Brown, an accomplished theatrical performer who is native to Long Island, has shared her...

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Feb 27
3 min

Translation as Poetry: Langston Hughs & Gabriela MIstral

As February morphs quickly into March, and Women’s History Month follows in the wake of Black History Month, it seems appropriate to note...

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Oct 24, 2022
3 min

Spotlight on Educators: Keturah A. Townsend

For fourteen years, between 1899 and 1913, Keturah (Kate) Townsend taught Roslyn’s African American children in the segregated one-room...

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Jun 18, 2022
2 min

Five Generations: The Helms-Robinson Family of Roslyn

This year, in observance of Juneteenth, the Local History Collection celebrates a local family with deep roots in the Roslyn community....

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Feb 28, 2022
2 min

The Peters-Pearsall Partnership

As readers of our blog well know, The Pearsall Family collection has been a major source of research into the lives of Roslyn's Black...

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Feb 22, 2022
2 min

Forgotten Faces

It is evident from archival accounts that Roslyn residents of African American and mixed ancestry have been vital members of the...

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Feb 11, 2022
2 min

“Let’s talk it out”: John H. Lewis & The Roslyn School Board

East Hills resident John H. Lewis, Jr. was elected to the Roslyn Board of Education in 1966. He served three terms between 1966 and 1974...

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Feb 7, 2022
2 min

Those “dreaded 1941 covenants”

Several years ago, the Local History Collection acquired a copy of pages from an early Norgate-at-Roslyn deed. It was received from...

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Jan 3, 2022
4 min

“We found you!”: The Salem A.M.E. Cemetery

Researcher Carolyn Brown has been on a journey since the mid 1990’s and made an epic find last week, just in time for the holidays. A...

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Aug 12, 2021
3 min

The Pearsall Women: Marion Peters Pearsall

Born to William and Margaret Peters in 1920 in Roslyn, NY, Marion Peters Pearsall was the first wife of Eugene Arrell Pearsall, whose...

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Jul 1, 2021
2 min

☆★☆ The Answer is: 42 ☆★☆

Donations to the Local History Collection take all forms. Though photographs and documents are our most-received items, our holdings...

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Jun 18, 2021
3 min

Juneteenth Jubilation

The Bryant Library Local History Collection celebrates Juneteenth, our country’s newest federal holiday, by remembering some of the...

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Mar 22, 2021
3 min

The Pearsall Women: Ethel Pearsall Birch

E. Arrell Pearsall's serial memoir This Is My Life is a formidable work written expressly for the Bryant Library Local History...

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Feb 26, 2021
11 min

The Other Side of the Coin: African Americans in Roslyn

By Carol L. Clarke Archivist, The Bryant Library For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater...

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Jan 18, 2021
2 min

MLK and WCB

On this important holiday that honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember the powerful rhetoric he administered as a...

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Aug 28, 2020
2 min

The Roslyn Committee for Civil Rights at the March on Washington

Roslyn residents, including members of the Roslyn Committee for Civil Rights, were among the more than one thousand Long Islanders that...

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Jul 29, 2020
5 min

The Pearsall Women: Gertrude & Marjorie

For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater Roslyn community. Despite being constrained by...

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Jun 12, 2020
2 min

George V. Washington of Roslyn

As we return to work at The Bryant Library, the adjacent Gerry Park is being renovated and renewed. For us at The Local History...

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Jun 8, 2020
2 min

60 Years Ago - Roslyn Rallies for Civil Rights

On June 8th, 1960, exactly 60 years ago this evening, over 1,000 people gathered at Roslyn High School to attend the...

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