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RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-12-06

TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." @history
historynerdsunited.com/2024/12

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-10-17

No community should be a sacrifice zone! Thank you Tatjana Harttung for hosting this conversation on your podcast The Human Greenhouse! Any day I get to talk about is a good day!

pod.link/1756935313/episode/98

The Human Greenhouse
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-08-28

"For every Jackie Robinson or Shirley Chisolm that New Yorkers can feel good about, there was a nefarious character like Richard Riker who dealt in infamy."

Funny story. We planned this to be a 20 minute chat but then we got talking . . . . I love it when a interview becomes a real conversation! Thank you Yeah-Uh-Huh for this great experience.

@history open.spotify.com/episode/5Dobr

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-08-24

Come for the , stay for the cosplaying as a . Check out my conversation with Victoria Collier on her 'Life After Law.' @history @icymi_law sites.libsyn.com/400250/life-a

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-08-07

Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about & the Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

@newyorkcity @history

campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/ap

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-07-28

Chatted with on 365 Radio.We talk the US election and ? Also I explain why Beyonce's Freedom is my new favorite summer song. dropbox.com/scl/fi/zjl29zfn007

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-07-24

Been thinking a lot about "unbought and unbossed" NY Rep. Shirley Chisholm's 1972 Presidential run. Fun Fact: Chisholm was routinely asked whether she'd made breakfast for her husband Conrad. Can't wait to elect President Harris! @history

Campaign poster The top says Bring U.S. Together There is a large image of Shirley Chisholm wearing white Bottom says: Vote CHISHOLM 1972 Unbought and Unbossed
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-07-16

Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! @history @historyasif
worldherstorypodcast.com/marga

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-07-03

This interview really made me think. Check out the Five Top Things to Make a Difference list that Mark Steadman & I created for his List Envy .

listenvypod.com/59

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-07-02

p.s. photo courtesy of my dad who traveled around with me to take photos for my history book

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-07-02

Reminder on a day we might need some hope: NY Rep.. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. proposed barring federal funding for racially discriminatory projects. For years! He was laughed at, ignored, and once punched in the face. But, 60 years ago today, the Powell Amendment became Title VI of the Civil Rights Act!

statue of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. striding up a hill. His coat is billowing behind him. Very inspiring. Statue is in front of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. federal building in New York City.
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-06-25

Been thinking alot about Reggie Jackson's devastating interview last week. He was a childhood hero (bought more than my share of Reggie bars . . . ) Made me want to revisit this podcast conversation I had last fall about Jackie Robinson and racism in the US. @history battingthebreeze.com/beyond-th

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-05-26

Pleased to share that my book Naming Gotham was selected as a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. @history @histodons

Gold seal with an image of a man throwing a book in the air. Text reads: The Eric Hoffer Award at the top and Excellence in Independent Publishing at the bottomCover of Naming Gotham: Six photos: On Right side: Photos of Peter Cooper, Henry Bruckner, and the view of NYC from Hell's Kitchen. On the left, Bryant Park, Shirley Chisholm and Jackie Robinson. All the photos of people are in black and white. The scenery is in color. Red box in the middle reads: NAMING GOTHAM: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York Place Names, by Rebecca Bratspies
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-05-05

Thank you to the folks who joined me today for my . Now if someone asks "who was that Major Deegan anyway?" you should be able to answer. @histodons

Headline from NYT: Pushes Drive on Pigeons Deegan Believes Birds May Spread Infantile Paralysis. Article text: "Believing that pigeons kept on the city's roofs may transmit the germs of infantile paralysis, William F. Deegan, Tenement House Commissioner, speeded up his campaign to rid the city of the flocks yesterday by haling seventeen violators to . .. "
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-05-03

Hey folks--want to join me for a FREE online talk about NYC History (the gossipy kind)? Register for "Who Was That Major Deegan Anyway?" a virtual Janes Walk this Sunday at 11. All your Major Deegan needs will be met. If you are Bruckner curious, this is your chance!
@history
mas.org/events/who-was-that-ma

Highway sign for Exit 10 C/B Maj Deegan Expwy Queens Albany
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-04-18

Giving the Lloyd K. Garrison lecture at Pace Law School was definitely a highlight of my spring! My talk was titled: Mapping Injustice: Race, Place, and Environment in New York City. Thanks to everyone who attended.

Me (a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wearing a black jacket) standing in front of a screen that announces the Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture. The title of my lecture is Mapping Injustice: Race, Place, and Environment in New York City.Me (a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wearing a black jacket) showing a 1680s Dutch map of the New York area with the names of the Indigenous Groups that live in each area. The star, in Weckquaeskeck land, represents White Plains.another of me (a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wearing a black jacket) talking. This time showing the book cover for Naming Gothamme (a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wearing a black jacket) with Pace Law Dean Horace Anderson (a Black man in a grey suit with blue shirt) and two of my CUNY Law colleagues Natalie Gomez-Velez (a Latinx Woman in black with a colorful scarf and glasses) and Andrea McArdle (a white woman with long brown hair in a patterned black dress )
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-04-15

Happening Tomorrow (April 16.) Please join us if you are in the area. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

Lioyd Garrison Lecture at Pace Law School Presented by Rebecca Bratspies, 2024 Visting Profossor of Environmental Lan & Haub Visting Scholar Title: Mapping Injustice: Race, Place, and Environment in NYC Tuesday April 16 5:00-6:00PM
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-04-11

99 years ago today, the Great Gatsby was published. Fun Fact: The Valley of Ashes referred to the trash-burning operation located in what is now Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. @history

grim and grimy overhead image of trash burning facility that gave rise to Fitzgerald's Valley of Ashes.
RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-03-15

Great article by Erin Pflaumer about my favorite topic-how and why we name things in NYC! TBH, I talked her ear off about my bae Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Give it a read and then check out my book Naming Gotham. .
@history

pix11.com/news/local-news/your

RBRATSPIESRbratspies
2024-03-11

Had so much fun talking about NYC History that I forgot to take photos. Fortunately the kind folks at took a few. Thanks to everyone who came out despite the time change and the rain to gossip with me. I love sharing Naming Gotham with fellow . If you are in Long Island, be sure to check out this gem of an 17th Century house! @history

dimly lit photo of audience listening to me talk about Naming Gotham. I am blocking the projector. sigh. Beautiful 17th century hall with paneling and half-windows barely visible. dimly lit photo of audience listening to me talk about Naming Gotham. I am showing them an 1899 map of Queens. sigh. Beautiful 17th century hall with paneling and half-windows barely visible.

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