By Rev. Conrad TillardAs the New York State Legislature reconvenes in Albany, the spotlight again falls on the state’s pressing housing crisis. Fueled by a confluence...
By Christopher GriffithThe African American Clergy and Elected Officials organization held its first monthly meeting after the summer break under a tent in the spacious backyard...
By Antioch Church MembersLeslie Tene Marshall (Text)and Sherley S. Joseph (Photos)Suppose the traditional meaning of a birthday is the anniversary of the day when a person...
Antioch Baptist Church (ABC), founded by Reverend Moses Prophet Paylor in 1918, has been an anchor for the black community for a century. Crossing its threshold...
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...
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...