Ella Fitzgerald

Celebrated Yonkers

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From quirky mentions (the city is the title character’s hometown in the 1925 pop song “If You Knew Susie”) to more thoughtful explorations (the 2015 miniseries “Show Me a Hero,” about Yonkers housing desegregation crisis), Yonkers has been a wellspring for some of our most resonant works as well as some of our finest artists, civic leaders, athletes and inventors.