Sanctuary Spaces: Black Brooklyn 1937-1968 (Brooklyn, New York)

African American Civil Rights Network

Sanctuary Spaces’ Black Brooklyn 1937-1968 project connects the dimensions of art, archive, culture, community, media and technology for inter-generational audiences and promotes Brooklyn’s African American history and culture.

Sanctuary Spaces, located in Brooklyn, New York, serves as a gathering place, screening room, and gallery for the community. Amid a rapidly changing landscape often attributed to gentrification, Sanctuary Spaces works to share the Black Brooklyn of the past with today’s communities through MEMBIT AR (augmented reality) and other technologies, lectures, exhibits and tours.

Sanctuary Spaces: Black Brooklyn 1937-1968 became part of the African American Civil Rights Network in 2023.

The African American Civil Rights Network recognizes the African American Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the sacrifices made by those who fought against discrimination and segregation. Created by the African American Civil Rights Act of 2017, and coordinated by the National Park Service, the Network tells the stories of the people, places, and events of the U.S. African American Civil Rights Movement through a collection of public and private resources to include properties, facilities, and programs.