Raphael Warnock: Well, hello America.Crowd: Warnock, Warnock, Warnock, Warnock, Warnock, Warnock, Warnock!Warnock: Thank you so very much. On January 5th, 2021, the people of Georgia did...
Michelle Obama’s Speech at the Democratic National Convention OK. We got a big night ahead. Thank you all so much. Thank you so much. OK. There...
By Mary Alice MillerJust a few short weeks ago, President Joe Biden stepped away from his campaign for re-election and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris....
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large It’s the economy, Nominee!Domestic policy and cost of living issues occupied centerstage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A little earnest politicking,...
I grew up in the small town of Butte, Nebraska, population 400. I had 24 kids in my high school class and none of ’em went...
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...