An African American Tree Activist Lived in Brooklyn
Mural of Hattie Carthan adjacent to 679 Lafayette Avenue I wrote a story for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden about environmental activist Hattie Carthan. A Southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, still grows in Brooklyn, one of the botanical legacies of African American environmental activist Hattie Carthan. The tree, located at 679 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, was landmarked […]
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