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    Monthly Archives: July, 2013

    Treasured Reminders of Our African-American Past

    Evidence of lost and forgotten chapters in America and world history merged in the...
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    Tumble in The Bronx

    The New York Yankees are currently in fourth place in the competitive American League...

    New Yorkers Go To Surry, Va. To Challenge Pagones’ “Bogus” Garnishment Of Tawana Brawley's Wages

    By Mary Alice Miller A contingent of 100 New Yorkers trekked to Virginia this week...

    Self-Empowerment Youth Program Encourages Future African-American Engineers

    By Stephen Witt Three hundred of the brightest young African-American minds throughout Central Brooklyn, along...

    African-American, Hasidic Jew relationship in Bed-Stuy contentious Allegations of preferential treatment, sexual misconduct & predatory real estate practices persist

    By Stephen Witt A cultural and economic turf war between African-Americans and Hasidim Jews continues...

    A Matter of Life Support As powers push to close Interfaith, the Bedford Stuyvesant

    Yesterday, hearses, pickets and mourners queued up in front of Interfaith Hospital on Atlantic...

    Events

    Mandela: A Celebration On view at the Schomburg through Saturday, July 20, 2013  The Schomburg Center...

    Summer Learnings …Notes from the Schomburg’s Black History 360° Summer Education Institute

    "So much work to be done; we adults must know our history better before we can teach it. And in teaching it we become revolutionaries." Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad

    Eddie Castro’s Sports: THE NEW GUNS

    If you are a Brooklyn Nets fan, you must feel like its Christmas in...

    The Verdict – An Ultimatum For Action

    The Parent's Notebook

    Black United Fund’s Kermit Eady Has No Confidence In Spitzer For Comptroller

    Days after disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer announced his impromptu run for NYC Comptroller,...

    Race to Succeed Al Vann in City Council Heats Up

    Race for the open city council seat in the 36th District representing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown...

    Latest articles

    All in the Powell Family

    Wayne Powell has a lot to smile about. His daughter LaNice, right, and granddaughter are integral to his successful security business. (Photo: Courtesy of the Powell Family.)

    Brooklyn Org’s Dr. Jocelynne Rainey

    Dr. Jocelynne Rainey

    Across the Diaspora and Beyond, Cultures of Families Keep America Live

    "Divine Nine Sunday, December 14, transformed the Whitney Museum of American Art in...

    Reflections on My Trip to Egypt

    By Dr. Brenda M. GreeneAs we read and meditate on our shared history and...