Daily Archives: Aug 4, 2011

History For Our Time: Abolitionist Movement

From the 1830s until 1870, the abolitionist movement attempted to achieve immediate emancipation of...

City’s Black Firefighters Press for FDNY Accountability

A Fire Department official was grilled in federal court about hiring two white former...
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Sports: Free Agent Frenzy

After a 132-Day lockout, football is back in business. Players are now able to...

War Crimes Forum Sets Table for “Millions March in Harlem”

On July 27th, a panel of distinguished activist lawyers put the themes of the...

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 President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously told  A. Philip Randolph, president of the Sleeping Car...

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No Child Gives Revealing Lessons If you want to see an indictment of the New...

Medgar Evers Green Space Controversy, Residents upset over proposed street closure to make campus quad

 About a hundred Crown Heights residents last week rejected a proposal to turn Crown...

Local Congressmembers Vote No on Raising Debt Ceiling

Central Brooklyn Congress members Ed Towns and Yvette Clarke both voted against raising the...

Transformational Seminar Comes to Bedford-Stuyvesant

Expressions such as, “He’s his own worst enemy,” have their basis in the wonders...

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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...

Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...

Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

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