“This will be an important year for us to hold together and to make America the best version itself.” Cong. Hakeem Jeffries By Mary Alice MillerThe...
A Beloved Friend and Political Ally By Roger L. GreenAs I reflect on the distinguished life of my beloved friend and political ally, John Flateau, I’m...
Giant in Public Service and Community Self-Empowerment, Passes Dr. John Louis Flateau, PhD. passed on December 30th, the 5th day of Kwanzaa, on which we traditionally...
Hon. Annette M. Robinson on “A Legacy of Purpose” I started out with Dr. John Louis Flateau back in 1973. I speak from the perspective of...
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...