Keith Josef Adkins

@WendellPierce Wow.

Wendell Pierce and Caesars Palace Times Square Launch $10M Legacy Theatres Fund thesource.com/2025/08/06/wen…

@CentralParkNYC Hello. Check out my play The People Before the Park about Seneca Village (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

@SchomburgCenter Check out my play The People Before the Park about Seneca Village (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

@AttorneyCrump Yes. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Community leaders are fighting to protect the history of Seneca Village, NYC’s first significant Black settlement! In the 1800's, more than 200 Black residents lived there. Today, historians are sharing the stories of this settlement and preserving its Black history!

@AmLegMag95 this is inspiring. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Watch ALN Remembers: Episode #1- The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Episode #2- Juneteenth Episode #3- Chuck Harmon Episode #4- History of Black Summer Retreats Episode #5- The Black Aces Episode #6- Black Tea Houses Episode #7- Seneca Village Episode #8- J. Raymond Jones

@JoyRoseM @tiff4mahogany Yes. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

@tiff4mahogany I learned about Seneca Village when I was in H.S., but that’s only because I live here & had a Black American History teacher. Every time we tried to build something, this country razed it to the ground. The only thing that remains is one plaque at 85th St & Central Park West. 💯

I didn’t know that where Central Park in NYC is located was a thriving Black American neighborhood. They relocated the Black people to build a park. I just found that out this year.

@CentralParkNYC Yes. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Learn more about the Seneca Village community, located from what is now West 82nd to West 89th Streets, and our Mellon-funded work towards a permanent commemoration: bit.ly/4n3K2nr

Last month we celebrated Juneteenth alongside artists, poets, and neighbors in the historic Seneca Village landscape. Hear from a few of our featured performers Rakiem Walker, Kayden Hern, and Courtney Symone Stanton on what this day and community means to them. 💚

@CentralParkNYC So true. Yes. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Today, more and more creatives are reimagining life in Seneca Village through art, poetry, music, and storytelling—including Camryn Garrett’s newest novel, “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca.”

🖼️✍️ Art and literature are reviving an often-forgotten community in Central Park...

@mistergeezy Love this. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Storytime... Seneca Village.

@CentralParkNYC Wish I was in town - Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

@AfricanArchives Yes. Check out my play The People Before the Park (just published by Samuel French Inc). concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Successful black communities and towns. A THREAD! Did you know that an entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park. The community was called Seneca Village. It spanned from 82nd Street to 89th Street.

Rest in Peace and Joy, Malcolm Jamal Warner - what a great artist with such integrity and truth. You being cast as the lead in my ep of Accused was the highlight of my career.

@WendellPierce So grateful you were BOTH in my episode of Accused. Incredible talent, good human, a Renaissance man. The preciousness of life is no joke.

A man of deep goodness, warmth, talent, and charm. He challenged himself in music, art, cinema, spoken word and writing. We did Shakespeare together, crime drama and played dear friends on TV at one point. Art imitating life. Forever youthful, he had a huge capacity for joy but admonished those who did not afford him the respect he had earned. Disciplined. He exercised his right of self determination. A tragic loss of a man who demonstrated the best in our humanity. Rest in Peace, brother.

@WendellPierce Thanx Mr Pierce. Enjoy the beach and Hemingway.

@keithjosef Congratulations Mr Adkins. I look forward to reading, and possibly producing.

@WendellPierce My PLAY about Seneca Village - the Black/Immigrant community razed to create Central Park - is now published by Samuel French Inc. #AccusedonFox concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

@MalcolmJamalWar My PLAY about Seneca Village - the Black/Immigrant community razed to create Central Park - is now published by Samuel French Inc. #AccusedonFox concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

@CentralParkNYC My play about SENECA VILLAGE is now published by Samuel French Inc concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

In the 1800s, #SenecaVillage was a bustling community, before it was displaced through eminent domain for the construction of Central Park. Learn the community's stories, then visit the site—located on the west side of the Park from 82nd to 89th streets: bit.ly/3Zpol7I

@CentralParkNYC My PLAY about Seneca Village - the Black/Immigrant community razed to create Central Park - is now published by Samuel French Inc. #SenecaVillage #CentralPark concordtheatricals.com/p/97706/the-pe…

Did you know that in 1855, more than half of the Black households in #SenecaVillage owned their own land? This was 5x greater than the rate of property ownership among all New Yorkers at the time. This 1856 map depicts just a few of the properties owned by Black residents. ⬇️

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Uncover the story of Andrew Williams! In 1825, at age 25, this African-American shoe shiner purchased the first three lots of #SenecaVillage, marking the beginning of this important community. Delve into the rich pre-Park history for #BlackHistoryMonth: bit.ly/3OUL7OC