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A Quest to Lift Every Young Voice

Special Thanks Giving for Brooklyn Family: Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Kimberly Council, far right, joined author Fern June Khan (center)...
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Philanthropy and Productivity -Thankful for the Blessings from BK Activists
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We’ve Come This Far by Faith: Brooklyn’s Black Churches

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Tyler Perry’s new movie -“Six Triple Eight”- opening in December inspires waves of thanks to Black veterans
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Dr. Adelaide L. Sanford’s Gift to her Beloveds at Rousing Birthday Tribute They Gave Her
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Black History5 months ago

New York Public Library Celebrates 100th Birthday of James Baldwin Across Library System

NYPL will honor one of its most legendary patrons with exhibitions at libraries he frequented, along with programming and book...
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40 Acres Given to 1200 Former Chattel Slaves, Then Taken Away

By Mary Alice MillerMost Black Americans have heard that after the Civil War, former chattel slaves were promised 40 acres...
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Remembering D-Day: Honoring the Black, Buried, Missing at Normandy American Cemetery

By Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings,U.S. ArmySpecial to the AFRO“All last night, guns shook on the ground on which I...
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An Homage to Malcolm X

Eulogy delivered by Ossie Davisat the funeral of Malcolm XFaith Temple Church of GodFebruary 27, 1965“Here – at this final...
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More Black People &More African Assistance Needed!

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change, and maybe Brooklyn can lead the way. The population in NYC who...
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The Need for a “Pro African Policy and Purpose” from our Community & Elected Officials

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change. “Now is the time” Rev. Jesse Jackson famously said to mobilize the...
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Eyeing Juneteenth bill passage with skepticism

By Peter M. WilliamsNABJ Black News & ViewsAs we come upon the second celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday,...
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The History of the Annual Brooklyn Juneteenth Arts Festival

June 19, 1865 is the date that slaves in Texas and other parts of the south learned about their freedom,...