Thought Leaders & Readers: Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso, seen here at a ribbon cutting for the East Flatbush Library, has aligned with more than 2,300 schools,...
As Nation’s Week-Long (Apr 11-17) Awareness Initiative Begins Nation-wide initiatives to attract attention to Black maternity health matters begin today in observance of Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW),...
By Mary Alice MillerCommunity improvement starts at the hyper-local level: the community board.Community boards are mandated by the NYC Charter to serve an advisory role and...
“Caught in the crossfire” of gun violence are the families and loved ones left behind to mourn for life.Yesterday, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Congressman...
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...