In honor of Martin Luther King Day, the New York Flyers running club took a historic jog through Harlem.
‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 –, the first time in the 125 years of this award it has been given to a Black woman publisher – We are proud to provide no paywall journalism for the Black community we serve, the largest Black and Brown community in the country.‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me.
Runners passed a statue of Reverend and Congressman Powell was one the nation’s most consequential and controversial political leaders.The New York Flyers run club was founded in 1989 and is one of the largest clubs in the city. Their “Harlem Heroines and Heroes Run” began near the Frederick Douglass Sculpture and Water Wall by Central Park North. A small group of runners gathered on a frigid Sunday morning, the day before MLK Day, to kick off the tour.
Mother Clara Hale Sculpture on 122th Street: She saved almost 1,000 other children as foster mother and caretaker. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor and recognized by Ronald Reagan in the State of the Union address.Runners covered about 6 miles, pausing to get background information on each site and learning about the circumstances that led to the development of Harlem as the nation’s “Black Mecca” for several decades.
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