The United Order of Tents in Brooklyn is an important site for Black women's history in NY. Robyn C. Spencer in Spring 2019.
This page showcases the research project on the TENTS designed by 12 Brooklyn College students under the guidance of Prof.
08/14/2019
The Tents collaborations continue! Dr. Britt co-wrote a wonderful essay on the TENTS with Essie Gregory. Please read and share.
Clubhouse Excavation: The United Order of Tents - Dilettante Army Urban archeologist Kelly M. Britt and United Order of Tents member Essie E. Gregory tell the history and plan the future of the United States' first fraternal order for Black women.
06/07/2019
I was able to visit the inside of the Tents house this week to discuss ongoing support and partnership. Thank you to my for paving the way.
05/15/2019
Brooklyn College Dr. Kelly M. Britt is organizing a field school based on the Bed Stuy TENTS this summer. Sign up/Spread the word.
05/01/2019
Students created this fabulous trailer of our class site visit to the TENTS home in Spring 2019.
BK Tents Brooklyn College Project Video We are a group of 12 Brooklyn College students led by Dr. Robyn C. Spencer, visiting endowed chair of Women and Gender Studies and author of The Revolution H...
Essie Gregory from the United Order of TENTS will be a featured speaker at our event on April 30, 2019 at 2:15.
04/11/2019
04/11/2019
On March 28, 2019 students in Prof. Spencer's WGST 3350/POLS 3157 class visited Bed Stuy to see the TENTS house in person. We heard from neighborhood residents Safiya Bandele, who shared her history with the house and the organization as well Prof. Kelly Britt, Brooklyn College Professor of Urban Archaeology. We observed a young man hop the fence and check out the house and noted that the mailbox had real estate solicitations. The TENTS house draws interest and attention. The TENTS organization is carefully stewarded by dedicated members. We have to act to ensure that this organization's history of community uplift and development will be preserved.
Learn more about the TENTS in Brooklyn on April 30, 2019 at Brooklyn College.
Preserving the Her-story of the United Order of Tents in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn | Brooklyn College In this Research Expo, Brooklyn College students and faculty will report back on their collaboration with the Brooklyn-based organization The United Order of Tents. The Tents is a benevolent organization founded in 1867 by Annetta M. Lane and Harriett R. Taylor, two formerly enslaved black women. It...