‘158 years is too long to keep it all white’

Historic photo of the Young Men's Lyceum in Tarrytown, NY

This Westchester men’s organization had hosted a pair of U.S. presidents, but had never elected a Black man to its top leadership position. That ended, appropriately enough, on Juneteenth.

Here’s my article about Tony McFadden’s quest to right a wrong.

Published by Robert Brum

Writer/editor/storyteller, bicyclist and hiker roaming the Hudson Valley on two feet and two wheels. Brum as in drum; not Blum or Broom.

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