Elementary school renamed after city’s first Black mayor
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 9, 2022
An elementary school in Queens was renamed after David Dinkins, New York City’s first African American mayor, whose legacy on giving back to others was celebrated on Thursday.
PS 48Q in Jamaica will be known as the David N. Dinkins School for Community Service.
“Our history is more than just picking cotton. Our history is more than criminality that people want to display and show all the time. Our history is so much more than that,” Mayor Eric Adams said at the ceremony. “And David Dinkins personified that history by becoming the first Black . . .
