A long-anticipated project aimed at preserving and revitalizing Manhattan\u2019s historic Black community is moving forward.<\/p>\n
Sheila Ellis-Glasper, executive director of the Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills, said the organization will break ground at 2 p.m. March 10 for construction of the Yuma Street Cultural Center at 930 Yuma St. \u2014 an area long recognized as the heart of Manhattan\u2019s Black history.<\/p>\n
Ellis-Glasper said the project represents a step toward honoring a community shaped by resilience during segregation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe took on this work of Yuma Street Cultural Center and entrepreneurship hub, truly honoring that Black history,\u201d Ellis-Gasper said during an appearance on Within Reason with Mike Matson on KMAN.<\/p>\n
Home to many of Manhattan\u2019s Black residents, Yuma Street fostered businesses, churches and social institutions that sustained the community despite systemic barriers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were communities like the Yuma Street District that had Black owned businesses where Black folks lived because segregation owned their homes.\u201d Ellis-Glasper said.<\/p>\n
The cultural center is intended to recognize that legacy while creating space for education, entrepreneurship and community gathering.<\/p>\n
\u201cBlack history is American history,\u201d Ellis-Glasper said. \u201cWhen it comes to that history, making sure that it\u2019s preserved is a responsibility for everyone in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yuma Street Cultural Center will serve as a space to highlight Black history in the Flint Hills region while supporting local entrepreneurs and community programming.<\/p>\n
Additional details about the project and its mission are available through the Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A long-anticipated project aimed at preserving and revitalizing Manhattan\u2019s historic Black community is moving forward. Sheila Ellis-Glasper, executive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[288,60578,3365,3468,26829,75,84,83,9,24,63,13316,61359,61358,2990,61360],"class_list":{"0":"post-146434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-business-economics","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-entrepreneurship","12":"tag-innovation","13":"tag-manhattan","14":"tag-manhattan-headlines","15":"tag-manhattan-news","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-private-sector","20":"tag-progress","21":"tag-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises","22":"tag-small-business","23":"tag-strategic-management"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}