By Mary Alice MillerBrownsville is considered a food desert, with 15 corner stores/bodegas to every one supermarket. Brownsville is also a food swamp, with a concentration...
By Mary Alice Miller Brownsville’s motto, “Never Run, Never Will,” speaks to the resilience of a neighborhood plagued with low rates of home ownership, wages, and...
Brownsville has Brooklyn’s highest neighborhood rate of unemployment with 29.6% of disconnected youth ages 16-24 who are not working or going to school, according to a...
By Barbara BullardMany politicians would say that Shirley Chisholm inspired them to run for office or seek a career in...
“His unwavering commitment to fighting for the freedom and rights of Black people leftan undeniable impact on the City of...
Two of our warriors have transitioned. Alton Maddox and Harry Belafonte fought on different fronts, requiring different skills and different...
In 1996, the Oakland School Board started a furor by recognizing Ebonics as the primary language of African American children...
By Maitefa Angaza He was born on January 1, 1938 and became an ancestor on April 1, 2023. The tributes...
Remembering Elsie Richardson … Our Time Press launches their March 9 – 30 Womens History Month Phenomenal Women series this...
Legislation for Establishment of African Burial Ground Museum and Education Center Reintroduced by Bernice Elizabeth Green Congressman Dan Goldman (D-10)...
– by Bernice Elizabeth Green The Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition is a Black-led multiracial coalition of local residents, activists,...