During February and March, students seek subjects for essay assignments centering on black leaders and female role models. They are encouraged to focus on the familiar,...
I looked forward to attending the NYU-sponsored Queens, Queen Mothers, Priestesses and Power symposium at the Schomburg Center in Harlem. I paid the fees and registered....
David Mark Greaves When a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? A tree fell...
Even the casual observer of local and global events would have to admit that these are strange times. In rapid succession, a new event or devastation...
Here’s an interesting fact: nationwide, the number of businesses owned by African- Americans has gone through the roof in the last few years. According to the...
Even the casual observer of local and global events would have to admit that these are strange times. In rapid succession, a new event or devastation...
Part II of a two part Interview Paul Robeson Jr.: The interests of a vast majority of African Americans, has always been very clear. And that...
Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first woman Vice President will go down in the history books as the first...
NYPL will honor one of its most legendary patrons with exhibitions at libraries he frequented, along with programming and book...
By Mary Alice MillerMost Black Americans have heard that after the Civil War, former chattel slaves were promised 40 acres...
By Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings,U.S. ArmySpecial to the AFRO“All last night, guns shook on the ground on which I...
Eulogy delivered by Ossie Davisat the funeral of Malcolm XFaith Temple Church of GodFebruary 27, 1965“Here – at this final...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change, and maybe Brooklyn can lead the way. The population in NYC who...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change. “Now is the time” Rev. Jesse Jackson famously said to mobilize the...
By Peter M. WilliamsNABJ Black News & ViewsAs we come upon the second celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday,...
