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NYC Parks holds cleanup day to honor environmentalist icon Hattie Carthan

Volunteers at Herbert Von King Park called Carthan an environmental icon who helped build the Bed-Stuy community before her death in the late 1980s.

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Feb 5, 2022, 6:33 PM

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