By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change. “Now is the time” Rev. Jesse Jackson famously said to mobilize the Black community during 1984 and 1988...
Bernice Elizabeth Green This writer’s association with Barry L. Mason of Mt. Vernon, NY, started at CBS in the late 1980s when he was the single...
From SHEro to Namesake:Reflections on Angela Davis by Lynette C. Williams and Angela M. Williams I was a girl when a seed was planted that would...
Watch Woman’s March Coverage at: Democracynow.org TAMIKA MALLORY: Today is not a concert. It is not a parade, and it is not a party. Today...
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...