All posts tagged "Angélique Kidjo"

Black History2 weeks ago

What Would Dr. King do?

Trump inauguration. Time of turmoil, testing resolve By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large“We can’t slow up and have our dignity and...

Black History4 weeks ago

“Remains” of a History and a Scholar’s Gift, Remembered

New York’s Seventeenth-Century African Burial Ground in History by Christopher Paul Moore New York’s African Burial Ground is the nation’s...

Black History1 month ago

Keen Vision for Lower Manhattan Historic Landmark and its Sacred Ground

There are few places that inspire as much passion as the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan.It is more than...

Black History1 month ago

How Frankie Crocker created the WBLS Sound and Revolutionized Black Radio

Fern GillespieThe origin story of WBLS-FM is part of radio folklore. Its chief storyteller is Frankie Crocker, the legendary radio...

Black History2 months ago

We’ve Come This Far by Faith: Brooklyn’s Black Churches

Brooklyn’s African American Protestant denominations were born of discrimination and a desire for self-expression and self-worth. Their contributions to our...

Black History2 months ago

Maurice Bishop & Thomas Sankara

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsIn the 1980’s two young Black heads of state, just as they were getting started in...

Black History2 months ago

Brooklyn Savvy Explores African-American Genealogy and Racial Identity

by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies...

Black History4 months ago

Dr. Raymond Codrington: The 1866 Freedman’s Torchlight Newspaper was a Beacon for Brooklyn’s Weeksville Community

By Fern GillespieWhen Dr. Raymond Codrington, President and CEO of Weeksville Heritage Center, was invited by Trinity College to view...