brownsville (new york, n.y.)

As a new recruit of the Dora Milaje on her very first mission outside of Wakanda, Okoye is sent to Brownsville, a neighborhood of Brooklyn that's experiencing extreme gentrification. Spending time with the other young people of Brownsville, Okoye soon learns about the plans of Stella Adams, a wealthy, powerful real estate mogul who is behind most of the gentrification in the neighborhood, but she is shocked to discover Adams's hand in a more sinister plot: one involving a drug called PyroBliss that seems to be consuming Brownsville. While her captain, Aneka, and her King, T'chaka, refuse to take action, Okoye is conflicted on what to do. She wants to help her new friends but doesn't want to jeopardize their diplomatic mission, and Okoye is forced to make decision between her duty to her king and country and helping those that need her the most.

Nadia Lopez shares the inspiring vision for Mott Hall Bridges Academy, the middle school she founded against the odds in Brownsville, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

Award-winning author Alfred Kazin reflects on the experiences he had while growing up in the Jewish neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn, and discusses how those experiences influenced his writing.

Text and photographs follow a year in the life of two urban black males from opposites sides of the street. Gary Lemite, a police officer and Sharron Corley, a member of a street gang.