Slavery remained legal in New York until 1827. And even after that, it remained closely tied to the institution when it continued to exist in southern...
By Rev. Phyllis I CoachmanStanding outside at the press conference, in front of the African Burial Ground, with my posters demanding lineage-based reparations, I felt disappointed...
By Mary Alice MillerIn recognition of National Trauma Awareness Month Brookdale Hospital lifted the memory of Dr. Patricia O’Neill, a nationally known leader in trauma surgery...
Feisty. Confident. Sensitive. No-nonsense. Electric.The descriptives Lucia Bradford assigns to her favorite operatic character, Carmen, could easily describe Ms. Bradford.The Brooklyn native is a world-class mezzo-soprano...
Choreographer Jamel Gaines Brings Deep Reflections to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Sunday, June 18 at 2:00 p.m. Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Choreographer Jamel Gaines...
Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to the Iconic Civil Rights Leader Dr. Hazel Dukes By Dave DanielsBrooklyn, NY – With over thirty years of providing support and...
Reprints of excerpts from OTP’s 44-page Evidence Concealed, Now Revealedaward-winning feature published in 1998 About the Tawana Brawley case, resumes with …“A DETECTIVE’S STORY” by Graham...
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...
