By Mary Alice MillerNew York City, through its Department of Health, encourages healthy living with programs like Shape-Up New York, a free family fitness program, and...
By Fern GillespieOn Election Day, Tuesday, Nov 7th, five Brooklyn City Council Democrats are going unopposed: Chi Osse, District 36; Chris Banks, District 42; Crystal Hudson,...
Last Monday, Mayor Eric Adams, elected officials, and community leaders celebrated the investment of $23.9 million for the renovation of St. Andrews Playground, bounded by Atlantic...
Brooklyn, New York – Wednesday, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) and St. Nicks Alliance (St. Nicks) celebrated the groundbreaking of Dekalb Commons, three new 100% affordable...
NAN’s special Youth Day covers a wide range of subjects with guest speakers and special panels. The doors open at the Sheraton Hotel in New York...
Brooklyn’s African American Protestant denominations were born of discrimination and a desire for self-expression and self-worth. Their contributions to our...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsIn the 1980’s two young Black heads of state, just as they were getting started in...
by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies...
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...