BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Trish Mayo Yesterday, NBC New York online posted an amazing video that delved into the remarkable hidden history of Washington Heights. New York Nonstop’s Lynda Baquero and Rolando Pujol of AMNewYork dig into the rich historical background of this neighborhood from the colonial era Morris Jumel Mansion to a [...]
Dec 21, 2010 | Categories: Flashback, Framed | Tags: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lynda Baquero, NBC News, Paul Robeson, Polo Grounds, Rolando Pujol AMNewYork, The Morris Jumel Mansion, Trish Mayo, W.E.B. Dubois | 1 Comment »
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Those were the last words the world would hear from Tyler Clementi. The terrified and tormented man-child, who ended his short and promising life by leaping to his death from the GWB on Wednesday September 22nd. The very next week, Wednesday September 29th, Inwood resident, Jim Swimm, was exploring the woods [...]

Oct 07, 2010 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Facebook, Gay Americans, Homophobia, Jim Swimm, LGBT, Martin Luther King Jr., Sherry Wolf, Social Media, Twitter, Tyler Clementi, W.E.B. Dubois | 9 Comments »