By Mary Alice MillerThe air crackled with excitement as the line of early arrivals stretched down the block to witness Congressman Hakeem Jeffries community inauguration as...
The largest public celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his life and work took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) 37th Annual...
For more than four centuries, the Black church, America’s foremost institution epitomizing steadfastness, has played a prominent role in advancing critical democratic and societal change.“From one-room...
There were two important meetings this past Friday. The first was the African American Clergy and Elected Officials (AACEO), a regular first Friday of every month...
The real winner of this House speaker fight is Hakeem Jeffries Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s...
Remembering Elsie Richardson … Our Time Press launches their March 9 – 30 Womens History Month Phenomenal Women series this...
Legislation for Establishment of African Burial Ground Museum and Education Center Reintroduced by Bernice Elizabeth Green Congressman Dan Goldman (D-10)...
– by Bernice Elizabeth Green The Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition is a Black-led multiracial coalition of local residents, activists,...
By Suzanne SpellenThe day after graduation, he was appointed the assistant engineer for the construction of the Albany and Greenbush...
Mrs. Ollie McClean, the beloved community activist, and teacher who “educated young minds for more than 30 years” and encouraged...
A Profile in Black History by Suzanne SpellenWe shouldn’t have to wait for Black History Month to highlight important men...
by Fern Gillespie What would Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month and founder of the Association...
Farrell Evans, history.com During the late 1870s and early 1880s, as many as 40,000 African Americans migrated from the South...