A professor of history at Bronx Community College/CUNY and a public historian, Prithi Kanakamedala is also the author of Brooklynites: the Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough. Kirkus calls the work a “vigorous history of a free Black community in Brooklyn and its contributions to the making of modern New York.” Kanakamedala discussed Brooklynites with fellow BIO member Eric K. Washington in June.

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