The Harry Belafonte Artist and Activist Achievement Award, inaugurated by RestorationArt, will be launched this season, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Indira Etwaroo, Executive...
NEW YORK—The New York Public Library and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that the library has decided to adopt a new name for Harlem’s 115th...
By Bernice Elizabeth Green In Nelson Mandela’s first public appearance in the United States in June 1990, he stopped in Bedford-Stuyvesant at Boys & Girls H.S....
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Whereas, the faculty of Medgar Evers College has attempted unsuccessfully to engage the administration (Office of the President and Provost) into collegial...
Dr. and Mrs. Pollard, let me start off by expressing my sincere sense of gratitude and privilege in sharing this evening with you, the alumni, elected...
Renaissance House Retreat for Writers and Artists in Martha’s Vineyard will celebrate its 23rd season by offering three exciting writing...
Black women and the fight for abortion rights: By Natelegé WhaleyNBC NewsFaye Wattleton, the first black woman to serve as president...
“They never got a salute,” a daughter of one of the women said. By Deena ZaruABC News The only all-Black,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act (H.R. 55), legislation introduced by Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), was...
Legendary Sculptor associated with Harlem Renaissance Passed March 27, 1962 in New York at 70 By The Editors of Encyclopaedia...
Elizabeth Ofosuah JohnsonStaff Writer, facetofaceafrica.comIf there is one woman many soldiers who fought in the Crimean War should be grateful...
In Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of “Naturally ‘62” Part II of IIby Maitefa AngazaThe celebrated couple, jazz drummer Max...
By Maitefa Angaza They were Black and Beautiful, proud and confident, talented and innovative. The Grandassa Models were what many...