'Hands off Sonny Abubadika Carson Avenue'

WW photo: Anne Pruden

Activists rallied in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 2 for another street-naming ceremony for the late Black activist, Sonny Abubadika Carson. The action was called by the December 12th Movement, founded by Carson and others in the late 1980s.

Last May 30, a resolution initiated by Black City Councilmember Al Vann on behalf of the people who signed petitions supporting a street-renaming campaign for Carson—

a nationalist—was defeated by the white-majority City Council led by Christine Quinn. Viola Plummer, a D12 leader, was illegally removed from her position as chief of staff for progressive Black City Councilperson Charles Barron. Plummer is suing Quinn for her racist action.

Last June 16, Black activists and their supporters put up their own street sign honoring Carson. In an arrogant display, city officials recently had the sign removed. The ongoing battle, involving the right to self-determination, to rename Gates Avenue to Sonny Abubadika Carson Avenue continued on Feb. 2 when the sign was restored to its rightful place.

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—Monica Moorehead