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...
By David Mark Greaves Victoria Horsford PassesAs we go to press, we’ve learned of the passing of longtime columnist Victoria Horsford, whose page 4 column, What’s...
By Antioch Church MembersLeslie Tene Marshall (Text)and Sherley S. Joseph (Photos)Suppose the traditional meaning of a birthday is the anniversary of the day when a person...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following his election to House Democratic Leader for the 118th Congress, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released the following statement:“For the past five terms,...
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...