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b"Weeksville was a\\xa0bustling\\xa0community, far off in the wilds of Brooklyn,\\xa0established by former slave James Weeks in 1838 for free\\xa0African- Americans. \\xa0This was only 11 years after the abolition of slavery in New York state-- a time when\\xa0African- Americans\\xa0had very few opportunities for land ownership. \\xa0That area is now where Bedford- Stuyvesant, East New York, and Brownsville meet. \\xa0Your hosts Kathleen and Kate tell you all about how Weeksville was started, \\xa0how it was\\xa0almost\\xa0lost from history forever, and the miraculous rediscovery and restoration of this amazing town in African- American history.\\n\\nLinks to check out after listening to the 'cast:\\n\\nThe Weeksville Heritage Center\\n\\nThirteen.org's excellent video about Weeksville\\n\\nA video of a white guy talking about Weeksville. Kenneth Jackson is a Professor of History at Columbia University.\\n\\nA great blog post featuring Weeksville in NYPL's awesome digitized map collection.\\n\\nAs always, our Facebook page has a ton of bonus images!"