Where freedom found a home: Brooklyn, Illinois, America’s oldest Black town

Formerly Lovejoy, Illinois, today it is the oldest Black town in the United States. “If they if they made it to Brooklyn, ...
Yahoo

Metro-east city — America’s oldest Black town — fights for survival amid cuts

The sun sets on Brooklyn, Illinois, as two people bike through town on Nov. 24, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) The brick building at Madison and South 5th streets is still vacant, still ...
The Columbian

Setbacks and hope as America’s oldest Black town fights for its survival

BROOKLYN, Ill. — The brick building at Madison and South 5th streets is still vacant, still boarded up, still tagged with faded gang graffiti. For the second time in as many years, it’s been slated ...