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...
Patricia Middleton talks about celebration and pain in the same sentence. She has become a kind of griot, a genealogist of street history. From her living...
Brooklyn’s African American Protestant denominations were born of discrimination and a desire for self-expression and self-worth. Their contributions to our...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsIn the 1980’s two young Black heads of state, just as they were getting started in...
by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies...
By Fern GillespieWhen Dr. Raymond Codrington, President and CEO of Weeksville Heritage Center, was invited by Trinity College to view...
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...
