Shem Walker Funeral is “The Shame of the City” and a Call For Justice 7/23/09 The funeral for Shem Joseph Walker was an emotionally-charged service, as...
“In 1984, Boys & Girls High School was described as one of the worst high schools in New York City”, says Mickens in the introduction to...
Henry Louis Gates arrested in his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Joseph “Shem” Walker shot in front of his home in Brooklyn, New York. A private...
Like many Brooklynites, I knew the late Frank Mickens mostly by his reputation and good works. He turned Boys & Girls High into a place that,...
The only thing known for sure is this: A man was on the stoop of 370 Lafayette Avenue Saturday evening where the Walker family lived. Because...