By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeApril’s International Black Women’s History Month designation has been quietly and proudly existing since its invention in Atlanta in 2016. “If they don’t give...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsRecently, two large gatherings of Black people convened in different parts of New York City with the similar goal of building Black business...
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (CBL) announced details of its 20th Anniversary Jubilee: A Cultural and Literary Arts Experience to take...
SPRING 2022 IN AMERICANYS: Governor Kathy Hochul appoints Congressman Antonio Delgado, 45, as Lieutenant Governor, replacing Brian Benjamin who recently resigned. Delgado’s name will be on...
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...
By Peter M. WilliamsNABJ Black News & ViewsAs we come upon the second celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday,...