“Dekawowo!” (Solidarity!) is the call to gather as the 47th Annual International African Arts Festival (IAAF) claims Saturday, June 30th – Wednesday, July 4th at beautiful Commodore Barry...
Last week, Senator Montgomery congratulated DREAMS YouthBuild at their 10th anniversary and commencement ceremony at Antioch Baptist Church. YouthBuild is a comprehensive program for unemployed, out-of-school...
Friday, June 29th Frederick Douglass Now @ Prospect Park, 6:30PM, Gates open at 7:30PM show, Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street and Prospect Park West. Witness the...
Make no mistake, these are bad times in America and it is small comfort to say, “I told you they were like that,” when others are...
NY Attorney General Barbara Underwood joins 21 Attorneys General “calling on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Trump Administration’s cruel and illegal attacks on...
Slavery was the main economy of the Antebellum South. Men, women and children were sold like chattel in auction houses filled with overseers and slave owners...
By- Kylen Ifield, 13 We know much about Booker T. Washington’s place in history, but history does not talk about the place where he lived. I...
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...
