By Fern Gillespie This March kicked off with a food crisis for 30 million low-income people across 35 states. The federal government has scaled back SNAP’s...
by Bernice Elizabeth Green Last Thursday night (Feb. 23), Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso honored Black History Month with a stellar opening night reception for the...
by Fern Gillespie In a 17,000-square-foot facility in Industry City, Black and Brown young people ages 18 to 24 are being trained in high-tech fields and...
On Wednesday, January 15. 2023 the OBH Interfaith Medical Center Bishop Orris G. Walker Jr. Health Care Center received a $20,000 grant from the Brooklyn Health...
By Mary Alice Miller Constituents, activists, lobbyists, and elected officials gathered from across the state on a cold Saturday in February to meet, greet and strategize...
by Pia Hargrove, LMSWAs we kick off Black History Month and the month specially dedicated to the power of L-O-V-E-, love. I immediately think of my...
Celebrated by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College By Donna HillOn Thursday, February 16, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College,...
On the 155th Anniversary of W.E.B. DuBois’ February 23 Birthday Brooklyn’s Delano Burrowes delivered Simon’s Rock 2023 Annual W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture On February...
By Maitefa Angaza He was born on January 1, 1938 and became an ancestor on April 1, 2023. The tributes...
Remembering Elsie Richardson … Our Time Press launches their March 9 – 30 Womens History Month Phenomenal Women series this...
Legislation for Establishment of African Burial Ground Museum and Education Center Reintroduced by Bernice Elizabeth Green Congressman Dan Goldman (D-10)...
– by Bernice Elizabeth Green The Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition is a Black-led multiracial coalition of local residents, activists,...
By Suzanne SpellenThe day after graduation, he was appointed the assistant engineer for the construction of the Albany and Greenbush...
Mrs. Ollie McClean, the beloved community activist, and teacher who “educated young minds for more than 30 years” and encouraged...
A Profile in Black History by Suzanne SpellenWe shouldn’t have to wait for Black History Month to highlight important men...
by Fern Gillespie What would Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month and founder of the Association...
