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 [...]
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., “He was my mentor and changed the trajectory of my life.
“We cannot tell the story of political empowerment in Brooklyn without the name of Al Vann being higher on the list of those that made a difference and did so longer and stronger than most. Though he and I did not always agree on local races, we always agreed on the goal, and it was a sign of his statesmanship and political maturity that we could disagree without being disagreeable.
That memory was consistent with what the reverend had written in his book “No Monopoly on Suffering,” when he reflected on Vann’s role in building a movement. “Al Vann was thoughtful and theoretical,” he wrote, “and was to receive the political credibility and power generated from our movement, and he, in turn, agreed to serve the people.”
This phase was characteristic of Vann’s long and productive career as a political stalwart in Brooklyn where he was born Nov. 19, 1934. He earned his B.A. degree from Toledo University and master’s degree from Yeshiva University and Long Island University. “Al Vann was the ultimate hometown hero,” noted the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, where he was a founding member. “Before launching his political career, he rose to the rank of sergeant in the U.S.
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