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Lorenzo White’s “Song for My Dad”

Last month, Our Time Press featured a Q&A with Clinton Hill's Stanley B. White, author of "Because I Said So… That’s What’s for Dinner! The Single Dad’s Guide to Mealtime." This week, we feature White's son, "Zo" sharing the recipes for life his father...

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...

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...

From Incarceration to Success

By Develyn EdwardsOn August 1, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. & Mrs. Michael &...

On the Rise!

It’s been 3 years since I’ve written for OTP about my community activism services....

Crescencia J. Garcia, World War II Veteran

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

Daddy Horace

By Diane Collins He was in my life from 3 years old, Daddy Horace. My...

Queen Mother Audley Moore

No one has done more to integrate claims for reparations for African Americans into...

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

By Mary Alice MillerIn recognition of National Trauma Awareness Month Brookdale Hospital lifted the...

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

As told to Bernice Elizabeth Green Producer Ava Duvernay has it.Singer Selina Gomez has it.Entertainer...

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...

The Enduring Vision of Woodie King Jr.

Celebrated by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College By Donna HillOn Thursday,...

She Takes Quantum Leaps!

Today, the fourth day of Kwanzaa is represented by the principle of Ujamaa and...

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One Brooklyn Health to Host Free Family Health Fair at Interfaith Campus 

BROOKLYN, NY — One Brooklyn Health (OBH) invites Brooklyn residents to attend the OBH Interfaith Campus Family Health...

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Occasion: Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was asked to give an address regarding the...

Scholars Angela Y. Davis and Jelani Cobb Gift Wisdom and Inspire Intergenerational Reflections at BPL’s Kahn Humanities Event

In a milestone recognition of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United...

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By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large“If we just come out to vote, like we come...