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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...
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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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    Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Foremost Literary Scholar, Joins Our Time Press; Her New “Hear Our Voices” Column Launches This Week

    We are pleased to announce Dr. Brenda M. Greene, the foremost literary scholar, activist,...
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    107th Birthday Celebrated

    Mrs. Eleanor Maybelle Mayhew, born August 14, 1915, celebrated her 107th birthday on Sunday...
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    Nichelle Nichols: She listened to MLK,Then Inspired Generations to Reach for the Stars

    by Bernice Elizabeth Green When the “Star Trek” series launched in 1966, it broke many...
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    Dr. Albert Vann

    BiographyNovember 19, 1934 - July 15, 2022 Born and raised in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Al...
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    Griot Calling

    The late patriarchal principal of Boys & Girls H.S., Frank C. Mickens, was the...
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    Black Rose: “A Goddess of African Culture”

    By Maitefa Angaza March 10, 2022 Black Rose’s instinct for style was a homegrown asset. “My...
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    Kenesha Traynham-Cooper Nominated as Female District Leader in the 56th AD

    Kenesha Traynham-Cooper was born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She graduated with her...
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    Simone Gordon: Godmother with Fairy Wings

    This month is Women’s Business Month, but philanthropist Simone Gordon,  the nation’s first Black...
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    Our Grand Lady  

    Ms. Arrington’s Grandchildren Have Their Say …Part III of III My mom, Esther J. Arrington,...
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    ESTHER J. ARRINGTON

    Story in Words and Images When we talk about the people who infuse Bedford-Stuyvesant with...
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    Our Time Press Remembers James ”Rocky” Robinson

    James “Rocky” Robinson, Jr. was born on July 15, 1940, in Marietta, North Carolina,...
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    Michael Kenneth Williams

    Beautiful, Black, Man The following sentence rests at the root and the spirit of America.The...
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