This list includes a few of the many sources I referenced while writing, as well as others that touch on the topics at hand.
de Freytas-Tamura, Kimiko. “Why Black Homeowners in Brooklyn Are Being Victimized by Fraud.” New York Times. October 21, 2019.
Freeman, Lance. There Goes the ’Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up. Temple University Press, 2006.
Ottley, Roi, and William J. Weatherby, eds. The Negro in New York: An Informal Social History, 1626–1940. Praeger Paperbacks, 1967.
Spellen, Suzanne (aka Montrose Morris). https://www.brownstoner.com/author/montrosemorris/. [Various articles on the architectural history of Brooklyn at Brownstoner.com.]
Staples, Brent. “To Be a Slave in Brooklyn.” New York Times. June 24, 2001.
There Goes the Neighborhood, season 1 (podcast). Produced by The Nation and WNYC Studios. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/neighborhood/season-one.
Wellman, Judith. Brooklyn’s Promised Land: The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York. New York University Press, 2014.
Wilder, Craig Steven. A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn. Columbia University Press, 2000.