By Gregg McQueen It was the uprising after Christmas. A group of enslaved African men rebelled against their masters on December 26, 1521 at a sugar plantation located in what is today San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. The African Blacks…
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Housing costs driving Dominicans from Northern Manhattan, study says Story by Gregg McQueen Change is here. So says a new study from the City University of New York’s Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) that details how rising housing costs…
For more info: http://newperspectivesdominicanrepublic.com/ [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDMASIsLTM] From September 13 to October 31, 2011 Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 6:30 pm The City College of New York Amsterdam Plaza (Amsterdam Avenue, between West 138th and 137th Streets) Exhibit is…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The City University of New York’s Dominican Studies Institute recently conducted the most comprehensive study to date on the lives and perspectives of New Yorkers of Dominican descent. To help us understand the findings better…
Friday, October 15 – 6 to 8PM City College 138th Street & Convent Ave The CUNY DSI Gallery, the only exhibit space in New York City devoted to works of art by and about people of Dominican descent, will…