The 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington and the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop met last weekend in Brooklyn, through a...
AMERICAN MIDTERMSAmericans survived a predicted Red wave during the November 8 Midterms. The voting calendar was busy and included 435 Congressional races, 35 US Senate races,...
SUMMER IN THE AMERICASSOUTH: On Sunday, Colombia elected leftist Gustavo Petro, as president and Afro-Colombian Francia Marquez, 40, his running mate as vice president, a first...
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...