California Congresswoman Maxine Waters offered a profound history lesson while alluding to a potential full circle moment Monday night during her speech at the Democratic National...
1917-1977 Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer rose from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the...
Thu, Oct 7 2021 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Virtual “We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone, but you...
Sister’s Community Hardware, located at 990 Fulton Street between Washington and Waverly Avenues since 2002, attracts the attention of pedestrians and motorists during the day or...
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...