By Julianne Malveaux(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Students everywhere are anticipating, or already experiencing, their summer vacation. It means freedom from daily classes and the opportunity to break, “chill,”...
Anger, Self-Hatred and the Twisting of the Human Spirit The following is part two of a series based on the lectures of Joy DeGruy (Nee Leary),...
By Fern GillespieFor many years, Dr. Michelle King-Huger was a noted educator working as an assistant principal in several Harlem public schools. Then, in 2007, her...
Fern GillespieIn 1969, when the Black Arts Movement was emerging, educator-activist Jitu Weusi launched an Afro-centric cultural economic renaissance in Bedford Stuyvesant. It was the East....
JUNE is filled with celebrations. It is African American Music Appreciation Month; Alzheimer’s And Brain Awareness Month, Caribbean American Heritage Month LGBT PRIDE Month and Soul...
by Segun ShabakaAssata Shakur’s passing last week was a bittersweet moment in that we lost a Black freedom fighter who...
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...