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Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, on the Abyssinian Baptist Church. 

Robert O'Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English, Columbia University, on the Abyssinian Baptist Church. 

132 West 138th Street Known for its charismatic leadership and community outreach, the Abyssinian Baptist Church was formed in 1808 by a group of African Americans and Ethiopians who refused to accept the segregated seating in the First Baptist Church of New York City. 

Broadway is a street in NYC, but more than that it's a term for the NY theater district. They say the neon lights are bright there. Who knows?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<ul><li>Sunday September 11, 2022</li><li>Pastor Curt White</li><li>Speak the Name of Jesus</li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=AABHR6UEET8YA">Support the show</a></p> 

<p>Alicia Keys’ new musical is opening on Broadway about a ten-minute walk from where she grew up in Hell’s Kitchen. She describes the New York City neighborhood in the eighties as a “place where anyone who didn’t belong anywhere accumulated.” She tells David Remnick, “There was ... Show More

This week on Drumcode Live we have a live mix from Adam Beyer recorded at Brooklyn Storehouse in New York, USA. 

When I started college at New York University in 1990, nobody lived in Brooklyn. Brooklyn was the dark side of the moon. At least that’s how we NYU students thought about it. Lots of people lived in Brooklyn, of course. Just not us. It’s 2018, and Brooklyn has become an internati ... Show More

Lucy Inglis looks at the making of the London identity, and how it was shaped through the last years of the 17th century, then consolidated throughout the 18th century as London moved towards Enlightenment.Lucy Inglis began the blog GeorgianLondon in 2009. In 2013, Penguin publis ... Show More

<p>Our Saturday Shenanigans featuring our listeners trying to pronounce Long Island town names. This one was fun!!!&nbsp;</p> <p>Please show support for the Black community here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co</p> 

<p>The story of New Year's Eve in Times Square, and how a quiet group of unelected Manhattan property owners used the holiday — and their own undemocratic municipal power — to transform the neighborhood from its porn-theater-and-vice-rich past to its flashy, family-friendly prese ... Show More