DA’s office hosts Black History Month bash at St. Francis College
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez filled the auditorium at St. Francis College on Tuesday for a Black History Month celebration that featured Ted Shaw, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
L. Joy Williams, president of the Brooklyn NAACP, served as the master of ceremonies, the Rev. Robert M. Waterman, of the Antioch Baptist Church read the invocation and the Mount Ararat Baptist Church Choir sang the black national anthem among its musical performances. Black Girl Magic performed a dance.
Awards were given out to local community members. Jocelyn B. Mann, director of local and global outreach for the Emmanuel Baptist Church, received the Community Outreach Award; NYPD Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison was given the Law Enforcement Award; and Edna Wells Handy, acting COO for the NYCHA, got the Community Legal Award.
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.