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    Jeanne Parnell: Living a Life of Education and Entertainment

    By Fern GillespieThe glam, sophisticated ladies of Harlem have recently been popularized on contemporary “girlfriend” television series like “Harlem” and “Run the World.” While the shows are fabulous fun, these successful young women are light years from the mature doyennes like Jeanne Parnell, who...
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    People, Places & Things of Spike Lee

    The Filmmaker introduced the World to Brooklyn and Brooklyn to Itself Bernice Elizabeth GreenIn the 1980’s Brooklyn was hardly considered “cool”.Then one young creative inspired by a strong family of creative activists, his musician father and educator mom,came up with an idea for a film...
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    Our Time Press Salutes Byron Lewis: About Business, Community and More

    by Bernice Elizabeth GreenToday, Thursday, October 5, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American...
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    From Incarceration to Success

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    On the Rise!

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    Crescencia J. Garcia, World War II Veteran

    This week, Our Time Press recognizes the life of Crescencia J. Garcia who, as...
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    Daddy Horace

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    Queen Mother Audley Moore

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    Brookdale Hospital Honors Dr. Patricia O’Neill, Leader in Trauma Care

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    Salina Coleman: “I Have Lupus, but it Does Not Have Me”

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    Sheryl Lee Ralph Shares Her DIVA Life Lessons in Brooklyn

    by Fern Gillespie It’s ironic that diva Sheryl Lee Ralph won a historic Best Supporting...
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    The Enduring Vision of Woodie King Jr.

    Celebrated by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College By Donna HillOn Thursday,...
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    She Takes Quantum Leaps!

    Today, the fourth day of Kwanzaa is represented by the principle of Ujamaa and...
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    Professor William Henry Mackey, Jr., African Renaissance Man & Griot of Our Time

    by Bernice Elizabeth Green*(*Originally published February 1997 in Our Time Press.)We expected our first...
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