WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted...
By Mary Alice MillerPrissana Alston spent decades of her career in nursing leadership: Nurse Manager and Director of Patient Care Services at The New York Hospital...
In 1957, 14-year-old Carlotta Walls was the youngest Little Rock Nine member to integrate Central High School. She and eight other Black students faced angry mobs,...
By Eddie CastroWith the trade deadline less than 3 weeks away, the Brooklyn Nets may very well be active in trading key assets in hopes of...
President Biden’s Farewell Address: The President delivered speech from the Oval Officein the White House My fellow Americans, I’m speaking to you tonight from the Oval...
By Mary Alice MillerGovernor Hochul’s State of the State address focused on affordability and safety, two themes designed to persuade New Yorkers to raise their families...
By Nayabe ArindeEditor at LargeTo hear Mayor Eric Adams Nirvana is coming to a city block near you soon.A sea of different groups rallying against him...
Brooklyn’s African American Protestant denominations were born of discrimination and a desire for self-expression and self-worth. Their contributions to our...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsIn the 1980’s two young Black heads of state, just as they were getting started in...
by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies...
By Fern GillespieWhen Dr. Raymond Codrington, President and CEO of Weeksville Heritage Center, was invited by Trinity College to view...
Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first woman Vice President will go down in the history books as the first...
NYPL will honor one of its most legendary patrons with exhibitions at libraries he frequented, along with programming and book...
By Mary Alice MillerMost Black Americans have heard that after the Civil War, former chattel slaves were promised 40 acres...
By Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings,U.S. ArmySpecial to the AFRO“All last night, guns shook on the ground on which I...
