By Mary Alice Miller This year’s end of term Supreme Court decisions are proof that it is important to vote and vote intelligently. Trump’s appointments to...
By Louise DenteBlack Rose Nelmes, born in New York on June 28, 1928, is a pioneering natural kinky haircare pioneer, beautician, and performing artist. As an...
Fern GillespieNew York City firefighter Jason Powell leads a double life. For almost eight years, his day job has been charging into burning buildings in Harlem...
Filing Period for FDNY Open Competitive Exam Open Through August 9 In 2022, Mayor Adams appointed Laura Kavanagh as commissioner of the New York City Fire...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsThe Black perspective and interests must become part of American officials’ foreign policy and international relations agenda. Black people of African ancestry...
Whether we discuss emancipation in June, independence in July, revolt and revolution in August, Kwanzaa and cultural and political liberation in December, or achievements against the...
By Fern GillespieSince it was chartered in 1922, the Brooklyn NAACP has garnered a reputation as one of the NAACP’s largest and most effective branches. Under...
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...
