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When Brooklyn Answered the Call: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

by Binta Vann “He could motivate and generate movement among people with his preaching and teachings,” my father said when asked about Reverend Jesse Jackson.He was describing his experience in 1984 when Rev Jesse Jackson asked him to serve as campaign manager for New York...

Theatre Icon Woodie King, Jr. Passes

By Fern GillespieLegendary griot theatre producer-director Woodie King, Jr, The King of Black Theatre, has died at age 88. King's New Federal Theatre has been at the forefront of producing critically acclaimed plays with social justice themes, for over 50 years. He has mentored...

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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...

Jeffery “Kazembe” Batts Connects Hip Hop and Marcus Garvey

Raised by a single mother in Bedford Stuyvesant, Kazembe Batts is one of those...

Scholars Mourned

The Vassar community lost two influential leaders in th “Africana Studies Program this month:...

Mamie Mobley-Till:“Let the People See…”

Emmett Till National Monument Will Include Chicago Church That Hosted Teen’s Funeral Maxwell Evans,Excerpts from...

There is no denying the great antiquityof these Negroid figures

The archaeological contexts in which they have been found have been radio-carbon dated…. There...

Frederick Douglass: More Than We Knew

He escaped slavery at age 20 and went on to become one of the...

At Jacob’s Pillow, a Celebration of Legacies, Scholars, Masterpieces and the great Dr. David Levering Lewis, Ph.D.

by Bernice Elizabeth GreenOn Friday, July 7, Our Time Press stepped out of Brooklyn...

Alton Maddox in Poughkeepsie

Reprints of excerpts from OTP’s 44-page Evidence Concealed, Now Revealed award-winning feature published in...

Ali Rahman Speaks on Jahiliyah, The Ignorance

Reprint from OTP’s 44-page Evidence Concealed, Now Revealedaward-winning feature published in 1998 About the...

Founding of the Niagara Movement

By: History.com EditorsAs the 20th century began, the promises of the 14th and 15th...

Alton Maddox in Poughkeepsie

Reprints of excerpts from OTP’s 44-page Evidence Concealed, Now Revealed award-winning feature published in...

Dr. Ralph Bunche, an Outstanding American

We don’t hear much about him these days. That’s just not right. by Suzanne SpellenMost...

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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....