'New Rochelle's Black History' exhibit explores the pain and pride of the Black experience

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In Westchester County, there's a powerful reminder that Black history is American history. A new exhibit explores the pain and pride of the Black experience in New Rochelle. AielloTV has the story.

is focusing on the future with record downtown development, even as a new exhibit acknowledges those who laid its very foundation.

Davis worked with the New Rochelle Council on the Arts to produce the extensive exhibit called"New Rochelle's Black History," which covers four centuries of local Black history.Black History is American History: Schomburg Center, other institutions preserve New York City's story "And if we're honest with each other, and have the opportunity to talk about our differences, it happens when we each come from a place of pride, a place of respect for our heritage and the heritage of others," said Leslie Demus of the New Rochelle Council on the Arts.

 

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