5 episodes

Are you interested in Black history of NYC? Are you interested in NYC culture? Tune in and learn something new in just a few minutes with historian, Karen Garcia! makenewyorkgrimeyagain.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mnyga/support

MAKE NEW YORK GRIMEY AGAIN Karen Garcia

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    • 5.0 • 10 Ratings

Are you interested in Black history of NYC? Are you interested in NYC culture? Tune in and learn something new in just a few minutes with historian, Karen Garcia! makenewyorkgrimeyagain.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mnyga/support

    The Stoning of a Black Couple's Home

    The Stoning of a Black Couple's Home

    On this episode of the #MNYGA podcast, historian Karen Garcia narrates the story of Percy and Karen Hill, a couple whose home was stoned in the East Bronx.



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    #blackhistory #Newyorkcity


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    • 2 min
    Harlem's Queen of Numbers, Stephanie St. Clair

    Harlem's Queen of Numbers, Stephanie St. Clair

    The fourth episode of the #MNYGA podcast is all about a female gangster that held her own against the mob and ran the first female-owned lottery in Harlem, Stephanie St. Clair.



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    • 11 min
    The Great African American Migration to New York City

    The Great African American Migration to New York City

    In the third episode of the #MNYGA podcast, Historian Karen Garcia presents narratives of Southern Black migrants to New York City to flee Jim Crow and explore opportunities. 



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    • 10 min
    Amadou Diallo

    Amadou Diallo

    In the second episode of the #MNYGA podcast, Historian Karen Garcia narrates the tragic story of Amadou Diallo, an emigrant from Guinea, fatally shot by NYPD's Street Crimes Unit in 1999; with 41 bullets.
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    • 12 min
    Samuel Browne vs Staten Island's "KKK"

    Samuel Browne vs Staten Island's "KKK"

    In the first-ever episode of the #MNYGA podcast, Historian Karen Garcia narrates the history of Samuel Browne, a Black postal man, that was terrorized by his neighbors after he purchased a home for his family in a white neighborhood in Staten Island.



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    IG: @isaiah_thxmvs

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    • 5 min

Customer Reviews

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10 Ratings

Indigo Svn ,

Quality content

Can’t wait to see the pod keep growing !

EbonyLolita1 ,

Make New York Grimey Again Keeping Black History in NYC ALIVE!!

Karen Garcia provides a short, but impactful history lesson about being BLACK in NYC. She offers the listener a necessary retelling of history and gives enough for the listener to pick up and continue digging for more info to do research. This is necessary and I advice that you subscribe. #MakeNewYorkGrimeyAgain

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Great work !

Karen Garcia has an awesome vibe, and the authenticity, diligence and thoroughness in her stories is enlightening and interesting. MNYGA

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