By Fern GillespieWhen Jamal Clayton Robinson was appointed Executive Director of community development nonprofit IMPACCT Brooklyn, it was due to the impact that he...
By Eddie CastroThe second half of the Brooklyn Nets' season has kicked off, and it is a forgone conclusion that Brooklyn will not make the playoffs this season. In a year where there were few expectations as far as the postseason goes, the priority...
Cade Cunningham at The 2026 NBA All-Star Game held at the Intuit Dome on February 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)
The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members
With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street Church located at 277 Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn, celebrated 260...
The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members
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.)
By Enoch Naklen
Pojanee “P.J.” Fleury, remembered across creative, entrepreneurial, and community circles for her generosity, invention, and collaborative spirit, died on Thanksgiving Day in a house fire in Orange, New Jersey, along with her sister, Frantzia Fleury. Authorities said the two sisters lost their...
By: Amanda BarrettSince settling in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Denise Owens has spent the last 33 years receiving care through One Brooklyn Health Interfaith Medical Center and now its care, Bishop Orris G. Walker, Jr. Health Care Center. A trusted, neighborhood-based multispecialty...
With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street Church located at 277 Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn, celebrated 260 years of dedicated service to the Downtown and Central Brooklyn communities, last Sunday, February 22, 2026.
The theme, this year, revolved...
