Over the past year, RestorationArt has presented compelling dramas of the Black experience, some snatched from the headlines, others from history. All performances have been no...
Language and the Chancellor By Desmond M. Atkins, Crown Heights I am not someone who never studied Latin or had the opportunity to. Needless to say,...
Life Tribute: Dr. Carol V. De Costa Dr. Carol V. De Costa (“Dr. D”) was born November 28, 1956 in Georgetown, Guyana to the late Olga...
April 13 through May 13, 2018 Brooklyn, New York, March 20, 2018– Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium presents New York City’s longest, continuously running, grassroots festival dedicated...
ALBANY, NY — In a show of massive grassroots power, the Working Families Party voted today to formally back Cynthia Nixon as their candidate for Governor...
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...