Remembering Benjamin R. Burdsall, 1903-1968
Got to thinking about Benjamin R. Burdsall this week as our Upper School faculty has been doing its own thinking about recipients of our annual awards for the Upper School […]
Tag: 1950s
1947-48, the year BFS was nearly lost, Part II
Celebrating our school having been saved,The Friends School Life, February 16, 1948 This week, I’m following up on last week’s post concerning the discovery of the 1947-1948 Fight to Save BFS Scrapbook which allowed […]
Bayard Rustin Honored & New York Quakers Apologize to Afro-Descendants
Bayard Rustin Following up to my Gatekeeper No More post of November 7. That post shared the known history of our school’s winding path to integration which helped Brooklyn Friends […]