Clarke to Lead Congressional Black Caucus; Jeffries Re-elected Minority Leader WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 19: Newly re-elected House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a...
The ABCs of Democracy (Grand Central Publishing/Hatchett 2024), an intergenerational “picture book” by Leader Hakeem Jeffries, documents the speech that he gave upon delivering the opening...
Story by Gerren Keith Gaynorthegrio.com If Democrats win a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, Jeffries becomes “the most significant Democrat in the country...
Brooklyn, NY— Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn issued the following statement on Nov. 5th’s General Election results, as votes are still being counted in...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeTwo upcoming events etched into local Black history are observing Black Solidarity Day and participating in the General Election a day later.With...
By Yvette MooreIn October 2003, when the bones of 18th century formerly enslaved Africans were returned to the African Burial...
Trump inauguration. Time of turmoil, testing resolve By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large“We can’t slow up and have our dignity and...
New York’s Seventeenth-Century African Burial Ground in History by Christopher Paul Moore New York’s African Burial Ground is the nation’s...
There are few places that inspire as much passion as the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan.It is more than...
Fern GillespieThe origin story of WBLS-FM is part of radio folklore. Its chief storyteller is Frankie Crocker, the legendary radio...
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...