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Obituary: Marie Francesse Louis

Marie Francesse Louis was born in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York...
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2011 in Review By The Our Time Press Staff

January Medgar Evers College restrained from evicting Center for NuLeadership The new administration of Medgar...
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Kwanzaa celebration connects youth to African ancestry and the world

The National Association of Kawaida Organization (Nako – NY), held the 45th Anniversary celebration...
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Wellsprings of Faith: Ms. Alma Carroll

Alma Carroll was touched by African History when she was born...
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Wellsprings of Faith: Mrs. Jane Lee Weatherspoon Green

1925 was a very good year for milestones in music, inventions and human rights...
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Dr. Josephine English, Entrepreneur, Medical Doctor, Passionate Community Advocate, Passes at 91

Dr. Josephine English, beloved matriarch, real estate magnate, theatre arts trailblazer and medical doctor...
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View From Here: Media in New York

Gil Noble’s Like It Is was the institutional memory of African-American people. Noble...
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New allegations against agency running women’s shelter Residents say they are being kept from permanent housing

Activism at the New Providence Women’s Shelter on 225 East 45th Street is a...
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City throws lump of coal to people waiting for social services help No plans to address long lines in front of jobs center on...

The city last week denied that the growing lines of people waiting in the...
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Department of Education to shutter two Bed-Stuy schools Vann slams Bloomberg Administration for not keeping local community in the loop

City Councilman Al Vann this week slammed the Department of Education’s decision to shutter...
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Tens of Thousands March for Voting Rights

Marvin Bing, a member of the AFL-CIO Special Committee on Labor-Community Partnerships, sends us...
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Wellsprings of Faith

Last week we reported that Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., former senior minister...
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Rhonda Lewis on Leaving the Bridge Street Development Corp.: Message to the Community

After ten years as president & CEO of Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC), I...
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View From Here: Nothing Post-Racial About the Times

It was disappointing but not surprising to read reports of the Facebook page where...
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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...
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By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...
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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
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Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

Interviewed by Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsTell us a little about yourself.My name is Glyne Maccup....