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    Jesse Jackson Passes

    "He Inspired All of Us to Dream Without Limits" ReflectionsBy David Mark GreavesReverend Jesse Jackson was the voice of the Baby Boomers generation in Black America. His charisma was such that a commentator wrote, after seeing the reaction of teachers as Jackson walked through a...

    The Jacksonian Impact

    New Yorkers pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson - Protest Power and Racial Resilience, the Brooklyn connection By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“Keep hope alive, beloved,” Rev. Dr. Karen Daughtry told Our Time Press.Across the political spectrum, from experienced politicians to grassroots activists, tributes were delivered for Reverend....

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    Barry Cooper, Founder of The B.R.O. Experience, is a Life Coach for Black Youth

    Fern GillespieBarry Cooper, known as “Coach Coop,” has inspired hundreds of young Black and...

    Black Brooklyn Influencers

    by Fern GillespieIn recognition of the New Year, Our Time Press reached out to...

    Media Icon and Pioneer Thomas H. Watkins –Daily Challenge publisher, is remembered and honored

    Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn-raised Thomas Henry Watkins, founder, owner, and publisher of the New York Daily...

    All in the Powell Family

    Wayne Powell has a lot to smile about. His daughter LaNice, right, and granddaughter are integral to his successful security business. (Photo: Courtesy of the Powell Family.)

    Brooklyn Org’s Dr. Jocelynne Rainey

    Dr. Jocelynne Rainey

    Reflections on My Trip to Egypt

    By Dr. Brenda M. GreeneAs we read and meditate on our shared history and...

    The Women Who Built Me

    Stanley's Queens: The Women who Built Me

    Pojanee “PJ” Fleury, Our Time Press Podcast Producer and Field Reporter, Passes

    Pojanee Fleury at a visit to the United Nations in NYC.

    Colvin Grannum

    Reflections from a Brooklyn Changemaker Fern GillespieFor over 30 years, Colvin W. Grannum has been...

    More than a Cookbook

    Mr. White with son, Lorenzo. Lorenzo talks about his dad in next week's Part II.

    Cheryl Todmann

    Cheryl Todmann

    “I Will Not Bow, Bend, Break!”

    Brooklyn's "Tish" James Spoke Truth and More to Power at Mamdani Rally Fear, Silence: Not...

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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...

    Weather Highlights the Need for Emergency Preparedness

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-a-Large“Isolation magnifies mortality. Community reduces it. In a storm, we have to...

    Jamal Clayton Robinson: Making an IMPACCT in Brooklyn Community Development

    By Fern GillespieWhen Jamal Clayton Robinson was appointed Executive Director of community development nonprofit...

    Family Photo Album for Bridge Street Church, A Living Legend in America for 260 Years

    With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street...