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Brooklyn (popularly known as Lovejoy), is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Located two miles north of East St. Louis, Illinois and three miles northeast of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, it is one of the oldest known black settlements in the United States. Its motto is "Founded by Chance, Sustained by Courage." [3] .
Brooklyn – wieś w Stanach Zjednoczonych, w stanie Illinois, w hrabstwie St. Clair.
Brooklyn (also known as Lovejoy), is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Located two miles north of East St. Louis, Illinois and three miles northeast of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Brooklyn is the Oldest Black Incorporated Town in the United States.
27 lut 2023 · Brooklyn, Illinois, was founded in the early 1820s, paving the way for Black towns across the country. A photograph by Art Shay (1922-2018), for Ebony Magazine in 1952, shows two children in ...
For many years, Brooklyn, IL was challenged as the oldest black town in the United States, mostly to the towns of Eatonville and Fort Mose, both in Florida. ...
11 sie 2023 · The town was settled in 1829 when Priscilla “Mother” Baltimore, a free Black woman, led 11 Black families out of Missouri into Illinois. Brooklyn was a safe haven for people escaping slavery, and in 1873, it became the first majority-Black town to be incorporated in the U.S.
The Historical Society of Brooklyn, Illinois. ~ Founded 2007. The focus of our work is to collect, preserve and present the historical record and cultural heritage of the first inhabitants, founding families, and early settlers of Brooklyn, Illinois.
