Thank you and Farewell, Matriarch Viola Plummer! By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeOn Saturday, January 27, 2024, It was like a Who’s Who of grassroots activists and community organizations...
As reported last week, New York City’s resources are straining under the influx of 100,000 asylum-seekers arriving in NYC since last Spring; the City Shelter population...
By Keith L. ForestStudents at Ronald E McNair Public School 5 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn are celebrating a stellar school year. In addition to having great attendance...
By Mary Alice MillerReparations for the harms inflicted upon enslaved persons under the United States chattel slavery system and their descendants is an idea whose time...
NEW YORKThe MIDTERMS: The extended NY Primary season ended on August 23. The turnout was low, and the electorate was confused. It was a contest for...
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...
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...