America’s oldest Black town is in Illinois — and it’s dying. But the fight has begun to save it
You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...
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It comes down to the statement you’d like to make. At 67, a heart surgeon leaves the suburbs for Brooklyn and for the chance to continue his life’s work in a new hospital. Years before they ...