Parking had been cleared and the metal barricades stretched almost a mile, from Franklin Avenue to Marcus Garvey Boulevard. The police had set up their command...
Strange Fruit. Southern trees bear strange fruit. Blood on the leaves. Blood at the root. Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from...
Brooklyn, NY (September 2003) – Bedford-Stuyvesant’s annual house tour is always a main attraction and a very well -attended event. “The Legacy Continues”, this year’s theme...
Brooklyn, NY (September 2003) – Bedford-Stuyvesant’s annual house tour is always a main attraction and a very well -attended event. “The Legacy Continues”, this year’s theme...
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture held a press conference to announce the “Rites of Ancestral Return: Commemorating the Colonial African Heritage,” a series...
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...