© Frank H. Jump
Blue Jay Way – Flatbush, Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Blue Jay – Wikipedia
Blue Jay Way – Beatles – Wikipedia
Please don’t be long,
please don’t belong
February is Black History Month – Don't Forget Our LGBTQ African-Americans
2007 US Commemorative Stamps Honoring Lesbian & Gay African-Americans © Frank H. Jump
Audre Lorde – Audrey Geraldine Lorde was born on February 18, 1934 in New York City. She decided to drop the “y” from the end of her name at a young age, setting a precedent in her life of self determination. She was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants who settled in Harlem. She graduated from Columbia University and Hunter College, where she later held the prestigious post of Thomas Hunter Chair of Literature. She was married for eight years in the 1960’s, and had two children — Elizabeth and Jonathan. Lorde was a self described “Black lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”. However, her life was one that could not be summed up in a phrase.¹
James Baldwin – James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – November 30, 1987) was an American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist, and civil rights activist. Most of Baldwin’s work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century United States. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of identity as well as for the way in which they mine complex social and psychological pressures related to being black and homosexual well before the social, cultural or political equality of these groups could be assumed.²
Bayard Rustin – (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and earlier, and principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He counseled Martin Luther King, Jr. on the techniques of nonviolent resistance. Rustin was openly gay and advocated on behalf of gay and lesbian causes in the latter part of his career. A year before his death in 1987, Rustin said: “The barometer of where one is on human rights questions is no longer the black community, it’s the gay community. Because it is the community which is most easily mistreated.”³
Barbara Jordan – Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas. She served as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Jordan was a lesbian with a longtime companion of more than 20 years, Nancy Earl; Jordan never publicly acknowledged her sexual orientation, but in her obituary, the Houston Chronicle mentioned her longtime relationship with Earl. After Jordan’s initial unsuccessful statewide races, advisers warned her to become more discreet and not bring any female companions on the campaign trail.↑
Europa Pizzeria & Bakery – Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
6421 20th Avenue © Frank H. Jump
Europa Pizzeria in Bensonhurst has wood-fired brick oven pizza & a full Italian bakery on premises. The menu consists of very reasonably priced specialty pizzas in small & large sizes plus a full menu of Italian appetizers, salads, classic Italian entrees & pasta dishes. The Quattro Stagione pizza has fresh roasted artichokes, Parma ham, black olives & and is by far the best meal around for the price. Buon appetito! 718-232-7206 Tell them Enzo & Frank sent you!
Visit the Europa Ristorante Website for a full menu.
Wood-fired brick oven. © Frank H. Jump
Spacious dining room perfect for events. © Frank H. Jump
Café & Bakery in the back with a full line of desserts. © Frank H. Jump
Tiramisú Cake © Frank H. Jump
The flag of Sicily is characterized by the presence of the triskelion (trinacria) in its middle, the (winged) head of Medusa and three wheat ears. - Wikipedia © Frank H. Jump
A Bensonhurst Pigeon outside the doorway of the restaurant entrance on 65th Street © Frank H. Jump
More Pigeons & Reasons Why We Live Here – Times Square, NYC
© Frank H. Jump
Times Square – formerly Longacre Square
Longacre Square New York City 1880 “The island plot at corner of 42nd St and Broadway in 1880, now occupied by the ‘Times’ building, after the demolition of the Pabst restaurant and brownstone houses.” Valentine’s Manual of Old New York / No. 7, page 123, Ed. Henry Collins Brown, Pub. Valentine’s Manual Inc. copyright 1922- Wikipedia
