By Louise DenteBlack Rose Nelmes, born in New York on June 28, 1928, is a pioneering natural kinky haircare pioneer, beautician, and performing artist. As an...
By Maitefa Angaza He was born on January 1, 1938 and became an ancestor on April 1, 2023. The tributes are pouring in — through news...
On view through January 15, 2023 Chelsea J. Williams The “Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite” exhibit at the New-York Historical Society is an...
The Grandassa Models have sought to heal our people from the hair trauma brought on by the rejection of our own natural standard of beauty. Our...
by Maitefa AngazaThere’s a wonderful photographic art show up at the New-York Historical Society (NYHS). Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite is a gorgeous...
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...