Reprint from February & April 1997 Over the years we’ve had the opportunity to meet and interview historians, artists and thought leaders. One friendship we formed...
The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified on February 3, 1870, says that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on the basis...
Free The BallotAmerica is not fully free so long as the ballot is fettered in any part of the United States of America. The right of...
When Reconstruction ended in 1877, southern whites used violence, economic exploitation, discriminatory laws called Black Codes, and political disenfranchisement to subjugate African Americans and undo their...
Make no mistake about it, we are in a war for the future of the country. 2022 will be remembered either as the year democracy is...
By Fern Gillispie The Gilded Age is HBO’s lavish, opulent drama that not only tells a saga of New York City’s wealthy robber barons during the...
The Billie Holiday Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club present Black Theatre: Radical Longevity, a conversation where Detroit-born luminaries Tony-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau and NYT best-selling author...
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...
