Brown Girl, Brownstones

Details

Photo

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Name

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Author

Paule Marshall

Year

1959

Neighborhood lens

Bed-Stuy brownstones and Barbadian immigrant life

Best read on

C train, between Clinton–Washington and Rockaway Ave

My take

Reminds you that behind every identical brownstone façade is a completely different migration algorithm, running on hope, rent, and stubbornness.