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Pieces of History for New Churches

March 28, 2008 by

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The Apostle in Harlem The Harlem church, St. Thomas the Apostle, is an exquisite piece of neo-Gothic architecture, its spiky terra-cotta crown resembling a wedding cake. Finished in 1907, the church first served Irish parishioners and then a black congregation that waned and withered, its Sunday Mass sparsely attended, its building in dire need of… [Read more…]

Harlem to Antarctica for Science, and Pupils

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Photo: NYTimes.com Stephen F. Pekar, a geology professor from Queens College, was selling Shakira Brown, a 29-year-old Harlem middle school science teacher, on his expedition. Her response: I’m in. Dr. Pekar had found just the person for his Antarctica team: a talented, intrepid African-American teacher to be a role model for minority science students. Read… [Read more…]

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