by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies of African American genealogy, tracing racial...
By Fern GillespieWhen Dr. Raymond Codrington, President and CEO of Weeksville Heritage Center, was invited by Trinity College to view a rare 1866 first edition of...
Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first woman Vice President will go down in the history books as the first woman and Black woman to become...
NYPL will honor one of its most legendary patrons with exhibitions at libraries he frequented, along with programming and book giveaways To celebrate what would have...
By Mary Alice MillerMost Black Americans have heard that after the Civil War, former chattel slaves were promised 40 acres and a mule, this country’s first...