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Love Letter to NYC: Rondel Holder

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Black culture is not one thing. It's everything.

Brooklynite and world traveler Rondel Holder takes to heart the job of celebrating the Black experience in NYC.

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Love Letter to NYC: Sade Lythcott

Read Sade Lythcott's Ode to Harlem, a culturally rich homage to Black landmarks of the city that raised her from an island girl to a Black woman in NYC.

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Harlem is poetic inspiration for theater luminary Sade Lythcott and her love of NYC. 

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Love Letter to NYC: Tenicka B.

Tenicka B. has come a long way from the Midwest to NYC. Of all places she's been, there's not one like NYC. Read her reflections from Harlem, New York. 

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Harlem resident Tenicka Boyd celebrates her neighborhood’s, and the City’s, food, culture, history and creativity. 

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Love Letter to NYC: Dondre Green

Dondre Green is a photographer from The Bronx committed to catching NYC on its good side. His lens as a creative tells the stories of Black culture. 

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Growing up in the Bronx shaped photographer Dondre Green’s idea and vision of community. 

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Love Letter to NYC: Felice León

Felice Leon thanks her city as an invaluable teacher in the school of hard knocks, telling sobering Black history stories that lay the foundation of NYC. 

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The Queens native finds much to admire in NYC's creative spirit—and in its flaws.

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Ellis grew a potluck dinner into a thriving community of Black professionals. 

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