By Feona Sharhran Huff I expected to watch a two-minute music video of R&B artist Ciara on www.YouTube.com. Instead, a little girl – no more than...
By David Mark Greaves There are those who look at the tree-lined streets and quiet elegance of brownstone Brooklyn, an almost-bucolic setting compared to the frenzied...
By Danielle Douglas Statistics abound on the State of Black Men in America-high rates of unemployment, incarceration and parental absenteeism. Bringing about solutions to these and...
By Errol Louis The Plummer Plunge After all the hoopla over renaming Gates Avenue for Sonny Carson, here’s where we stand. As of this writing, City...
By Akosua Kathryn Albritton The search for Brooklyn nonprofits that are closing the digital divide through broadband installation uncovered a few things. One, dead zones-areas where...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as the architect of the historic August 28,1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Each year, the nation and the world pause to remember the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Tracing Black Families Back to Slavery in Brooklyn Fern GillespieSlavery in New York City began 400 years ago in 1626...
Remembering Helene Nomsa Brath By Cinque BrathIn our community, we often celebrate the louder voices—the ones who grab the microphone,...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...