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One in a Million: What We Owe Aaliyah — and Every little Black Girl

"Your love is a one in a million... it goes on and on and on." Brooklyn-born, Detroit-raised singer Aaliyah released three studio albums, two compilation albums, and 32 singles in her short lifetime. The anniversary of her death is approaching, and Brooklyn is coming together...
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Wayne Devonish: Continuing to Make a Difference

By Fern GillespieBedford Stuyvesant’s historic Magnolia Tree Earth Center is blooming into its new era. After many years, the scaffolding blocking the organizations trio of beautiful brownstones and magnificent magnolia tree has come down. Now the beauty of the building and blooms are exposed. “It’s...

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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...
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Black Brooklyn Influencers

by Fern GillespieIn recognition of the New Year, Our Time Press reached out to...
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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...
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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.)
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Brooklyn Org’s Dr. Jocelynne Rainey

Dr. Jocelynne Rainey
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Reflections on My Trip to Egypt

By Dr. Brenda M. GreeneAs we read and meditate on our shared history and...
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The Women Who Built Me

Stanley's Queens: The Women who Built Me
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Pojanee “PJ” Fleury, Our Time Press Podcast Producer and Field Reporter, Passes

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

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

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

Cheryl Todmann
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“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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We Speak Their Names

The First Quincy Street Community Garden and the Vulcan Society, FDNY, invite the community...
Health & Wellness

Maternal & Infant Health Series Part 2: Caring for Moms Beyond Birth 

Joint Op-Ed By : Dr. Cyrus McCalla, Chairman, Obstetrics & Gynecology , One Brooklyn Health and Gloria McCalla, RN, Director of Nursing Maternal Child Health, Medical/Surgical...
Arts-Theater

Asase Yaa Celebrates 10 Years of Keeping Art Alive in Bed-Stuy with a Weeklong Celebration and Block Party

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Art Is...
Book Review

Desiree Cooper’s Black Summers. Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors

“Black Summers also became a powerful, tender, and hopeful collection about the personal and...