Basir MchawiMinister Clemson Brown was born in the backwoods of South Carolina during one of the worst periods of Jim Crow and racial segregation. Many would...
The Vassar community lost two influential leaders in th “Africana Studies Program this month: Professor Emeritus Milfred Fierce, largely considered the “godfather” of Africana Studies (previously...
September 12, 1952 – July 6, 2023 Andrea Jeannette Flateau lived an exemplary, joyful, inspirational, and faith-based life. She was proud of who she was, yet...
Music icon Tina Turner, the ultimate “Queen of Rock” and Black crossover singer-performer died on Wednesday in Switzerland at age 83 from multiple health issues. With...
Ben Beaumont-Thomastheguardian.comHarry Belafonte, the singer, actor and civil rights activist who broke down racial barriers, has died aged 96.As well as performing global hits such as...
April 9, 2025Announcement Builds on Mayor Adams’ Record of Investments in New York City Public Schools, Including Additional Funds for...
Cooperative, Collective, Collaboration By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeA self-proclaimed “inter-personal individual,” Brooklyn native Marcelle Lashley-Kaboré has a Global Majority perspective with her...
by Yvette MooreNew York City schools were not racially segregated by law as in the South, but they were in...
Evolution of Black Studies Into New York City K-12 Curriculum By Mary Alice MillerNew York City implemented a citywide K-12...
By Fern GillespieKamala Harris didn’t win the presidency. However, she made history again as the first Black and Asian woman...
It’s in the books:The movement for a Black Studies curriculum in New York City schools has its roots in the...
People & Politics, Poetry & Jazz NEW YORK. April 5, 2025: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, center, joined the thousands who...
AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions of 11 Individuals NEW YORK –...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ positive messages this month encouraging the next generation of leaders to “stay in the fight” echoed...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts Following George Zinnermans killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, Black Lives Matter began...
Below, in the juror’s questions, we learn how deeply they had to go, parsing each word, in rationalizing their way...
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this week announced that she has reached an agreement on...