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Slave Theater
Slave Theater, also called the Slave I, was a movie theater located at 1215 Fulton Street (Brooklyn), Fulton Street in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The theater was founded in 1984 by Brooklyn judge John Phillips (Brooklyn judge), John Phillips to screen a film he had produced and became a center of Civil rights movement, civil rights organizing in Brooklyn. John Phillips named the theater as a reminder of Slavery#Chattel slavery, slavery as the origin of African-American history, African-American and black American history. The name had a mixed reception by the Bed–Stuy community, but the theater became an emblem of Black pride in Brooklyn. After a complicated legal battle over ownership after Phillips's death, the theater was sold in 2013 and demolished in late 2016. History In 1984, New York City Civil Court, Brooklyn civil court judge John PhillipsJudge Phillips was known as the "Kung-fu Judge" for his high-level black be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
