By Fern E. GillespieFor over 30 years, Dr. Myrah Brown Green has been a quilt artist and professor of textile arts exploring the presence of African symbols...
By Fern E. GillespieIndependent filmmakers, Black filmmakers, film scholars and the creative community are mourning the loss of Michelle Materre, who died on March 11 of...
Legendary Sculptor associated with Harlem Renaissance Passed March 27, 1962 in New York at 70 By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Augusta Savage, original name Augusta...
Brooklyn Homage to a Leo Woman by Joanna “Jo-Jo” WilliamsShontez Denise Morris was my schoolmate at Boys & Girls H.S. (1992-1996) and maid of honor at my...
Humanitarian AidAlmost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people...
THE WORLDPresident Joe Biden travels to Europe this week to caucus with NATO and EU partners in an effort to avert a hotter war between Russia...
By Fern E. GillespieRev. Jesse Jackson ended the 25th Annual Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Economic Summit as he did 25 years ago, at the New York Stock...
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...
