Dr. Raymond Codrington: The 1866 Freedman’s Torchlight Newspaper was a Beacon for Brooklyn’s Weeksville Community
Shirley and Kamala
New York Public Library Celebrates 100th Birthday of James Baldwin Across Library System
40 Acres Given to 1200 Former Chattel Slaves, Then Taken Away
Remembering D-Day: Honoring the Black, Buried, Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
NYC’s Homeless Camp Sweeps Violate Constitution, Lawsuit Claims
Eric Adams Takes Swings at Media and Mayoral Rivals — But Not at Trump
State of the City: Calamity and Chaos at City Hall
Adams administration – FBI investigations, staff resignations, and community speculation
City Saga – Feds Raid Mayor Adams Administration Members
Our Agenda 2025: Community Response to Project 2025
This Year’s Bed-Stuy Alive! Honored the Heartbeat of the Community, The Volunteers
Kings County Democratic Committee Organizational Meeting Demonstrates How Democracy is Done
Unprecedented: More Than 1,000 Acres in Central New York, Birthplace of Hiawatha, Returned to Onondaga Nation
Celebrating a Legend
More Black People &More African Assistance Needed!
The Business of Black Women Pushing Through Barriers
Business Certification as a Tool for Black-Owned Businesses to Grow
Black Leaders Mobilize the Community to Focus on Business Development
Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse: NYC Needs Outreach for CDFI Small Business Financing
Black Women are Dying and Surviving Breast Cancer
Brooklyn Savvy Marks its 20th Year
AG Letitia James Leads Bi-Partisan Coalition in Suit Against TikTok
How Parents Can Prepare Their Children for a Healthy School Year
Something’s Fishy with the Meats
How Tenants Are Getting Rent Breaks as ‘Good Cause’ Kicks In
The Atrium at Sumner: A Place to Call Home
Battling the Worst List Landlords
To Rent or Buy, Brooklynites Dilemma
Federal Monitor’s Oversight of NYCHA Not Renewed, Blasts the Housing Authority
We met Rick Baker at Metropolitan College of New York’s 50th Anniversary gala held October 23rd at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. He received the coveted...
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...