Only moments after a notice that Al Vann had joined the ancestors, tributes began appearing on social and mainstream media for the former assemblyman and city council member. [...]
Only moments after a notice that Al Vann had joined the ancestors, tributes began appearing on social and mainstream media for the former assemblyman and city council member. Vann, deemed a political bedrock of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights, died peacefully on Thursday. He was 87.
“In the summer of 1977, Sam Pinn, Al Vann, Jitu Weusi, and I began to meet and to set aside one morning a week just to analyze and evaluate our political situation and to plan for better conditions.” And serving the people he did with vigor and insight as a State Assemblyman from 1975 to 2001 and as councilman from 2002 to 2013. No matter where he hung his political cap the unswerving integrity followed and not an issue of community importance escaped his scrutiny, his commitment.
When the race was over Vann was victorious having overcome what Rev. Daughtry described as the combined efforts of the “white political machine and Black Uncle Toms.”
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Former Assemblyman and City Council Member Al Vann dies - New York Amsterdam NewsFormer Brooklyn Assemblyman and City Council Member Al Vann has died. Vann is being remembered for his long career in politics representing districts in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights for nearly 40 year years. Reports indicate he passed away peacefully [...]
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