Greenburgh's African diaspora stories

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr Day. It's a national holiday celebrating the life of the civil rights movement icon. Greenburgh Town Hall will be closed.

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A few years ago we created another living history initiative: creating an archive of stories highlighting the struggles and challenges of the African American community in Greenburgh. We share the stories each Martin Luther King Jr day and during Black History Month. Every year we add more stories. If you have a story that you would like shared and added to the archives please e mail me at pfeiner@greenburghny.com. My assistant, Krista Madsen, created the site. The goal: to capture the history of the African American community in Greenburgh and some of the fascinating stories. Will share the archives with schools, the history room at the Library and Westchester County Historical Society and archives. PAUL FEINER, Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Stories on the site:

Anna Bernard- Parkway Gardens resident. First African American to be admitted to the Bar.
Bishop Wilbert Preston, Chair of the Greenburgh Housing Authority and Pastor of Christ Temple. Marks of slavery.
Eugene Rutherford. Story teller and retired educator.
Charlotte Phoenix, Phd tells story about her grandfather's life journey from Mississippi to Michigan.
Mike Sigal. On his participation in the Civil Rights Movement.
Bill Greenawalt. 1963 March on Washington. His experiences
Elaine Finsilver recounts how she was active in the fight for justice in the 1960s.
Ron Cook. The first African American to integrate Ardsley schools in 1965 (an interview on my radio show from 2018)
Diana Bason. Growing up in White Plains and Greenburgh.
Barbara Johnson Armstrong. From the Civil Rights movement to witnessing swearing in of Georgia's first African American Senator.
African Americans during the Civil War.Daniel Weinfeld presentation to the Town Board about the militaryservice of Greenburgh men.
Slavery at the Odell Farm. a report by Susan Seal and Daniel Weinfeld.
Alzheimer's and African Americans -a presentation by Esther McCarthy.
Determined to Fight - a presentation on black Civil War soldiers from Hastings and Greenburgh presented to Hastings Historical Society.
Irvington's new monument to the Enslaved - Vinnie Bagwell's "yesterday" dedicated June 10, 2023.
Jane Washington, former educator and Greenburgh resident.
James Robinson, former Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Community Resources and lifetime resident- growing up as a black mail.
Barbara Perry, first Commissioner of the Department of Community Resources as well as the first African American woman Commissioner at the department. Barbara passed away last year.
Lee Burwell. Growing up in North Carolilna and migrating north.
Imani Bolling, educator discusses life in Greenburgh.

https://sites.google.com/view/greenburgharchives