When Reagan Killed Roosevelt

For one brief moment in time, Roosevelt, Long Island was a beacon of hope for mixed- race, middle class communities across America. A place where your next door neighbor was your best friend no matter their color or creed. A place where every child was encouraged to continue their education and where a government funded community center provided programs that inspired vocations and dreams. But somewhere between Richard Nixon's war on drugs and Ronald Reagan's trickle down economics and the media decision to depict people of color as dangerous, Roosevelt, like many American dream cities, fractured. But from those broken pieces, Roosevelt gave birth to a group of artists that would find power in their words.