Events

Saturday, June 21, 2014, twenty-four years to the date, at 10:00 AM, the people of Brooklyn will commemorate the 24^th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s visit to New York City in 1990.  The program will be held at Columbus Park-Borough Hall Plaza near 209 Joralemon Street in the Brooklyn Heights section. This event is free and open to the public.  Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, Office of South African Consul General-NYC, and noted anti-apartheid activists are expected to participate.  Cultural activities provided by the Jazz Drummer’s Circle and South African musicians.

The event is co-sponsored by the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Committee to Remember Nelson Mandela, and Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium.  Brooklyn fondly remember Mr. Mandela’s June 21, 1990 visit to the borough as part of his eight city USA tour.  Mandela’s first official stop was in central Brooklyn.  This trip was made just months after his freedom from 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa.