By Jennifer Cunningham Photos by Nadezda Travodova A national civil rights activist, a trailblazing African-American female NYPD Chief, the President of the New Jersey Performing Arts...
By Noelle Weekes Mr. Douglas Terry was a young man in the 1960’s when the Black community was in the midst of a struggle for civil rights,...
By Bweela Steptoe A Writer Celebrates her Father on the Eve of a Community Salute to his Awesome Legacy For the past three years I have...
By David Mark Greaves I don’t know that we’ve ever seen opposite sides of humanity more clearly than the juxtaposition of U.S. Olympian gymnast Simone Biles...
There’s a big secret being kept in the Borough of Brooklyn. A name to watch for. A potential soccer star from Jefferson High School, and his...
By Professor Wallace Ford The varying responses to the Black Lives Matter movement have been instructive and illustrative of what is still wrong in these...
By New York State Assemblyman Walter Mosley / 57th Assembly District In a recent local editorial submitted by one of my colleagues who wholeheartedly expressed his...
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...
