EBHF to discuss Black-owned land in the Bronx during 1800s at April 24 meeting

The East Bronx History Forum (EBHF) will host a lecture by educator and art historian John Keith Doherty on Thursday, April 24, exploring Black land ownership in the Bronx during the 1800s. The event, which is the group's 194th meeting, begins at 7:30 p.m. and will take place in the lower level of St. Clare of Assisi Church, located at 1027 Rhinelander Ave.Doherty will discuss several properties in the Bronx that were owned by free Black individuals during and after New York’s Gradual Eman