by Fern GillespieRecently, the New York City Department of Health and Department for the Aging released a study on “ageism” and how generations interact in the...
September 12, 1952 – July 6, 2023 Andrea Jeannette Flateau lived an exemplary, joyful, inspirational, and faith-based life. She was proud of who she was, yet...
by Bernice Elizabeth GreenOn Friday, July 7, Our Time Press stepped out of Brooklyn and into an area of New England where Black history is rich...
Attendees at this year’s International African Arts Festival shared their concerns about the Supreme Court decision on Affirmative Action with Our Time Press last weekend. By...
By Fern GillespieFor 45 years, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! has reigned as the only free summer-long outdoor concert and performance series in New York City. This global...
Although Kevin Powell’s poetry collection, Grocery Shopping with My Mother: Poems, (Soft Skull, 2022), begins and ends with a tribute to his mother, the collection is...
By Diane Collins He was in my life from 3 years old, Daddy Horace. My first clear memory of him I was around 6 years old...
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...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“What would Malcolm X do?”Hundreds of New Yorkers asked as they came out to honor Malcolm X, who...
“Mothers are the peace on Earth that make the world go round. The love they give is always of hope...
By Da’Nelle Mason, at Age 9 It’s not everyday that a person gets to go back into the past. On...
-Bernice Elizabeth Green In late winter 1998, artist-photographer Barry L. Mason, his daughter, Da’Nelle Mason and I attended an Underground...
