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Military-Style Funeral for Ackeem Green Killed in Harlem

Posted on June 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The pulpit at the Harlem church where a funeral service was held Thursday for a recent shooting victim served multiple purposes: to mourn, to pray, to preach and to advocate. Continue reading →

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Casper Holstein, King Of The Harlem “Numbers Rackets”

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Born Dec. 7, 1876, in Christiansted, Holstein of mixed African and Danish descent in St. Croix, Danish West Indies — whose birth name was Egbert Joseph — immigrated to Harlem in 1884 with his mother and went to high school in Brooklyn. His father was a landed person of color who was in turn the son of a Danish officer in the Danish West Indies Colonial militia. Attending high school in Brooklyn, he enlisted in the United States Navy following his graduation. During World War I, he was able to revisit his birthplace while stationed in what had become the United States Virgin Islands. Continue reading →

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