Baba Obediah Wright, founder and director of Brooklyn’s Balance Dance Theatre, is beloved in Brooklyn. A renown, choreographer, director and educator, Wright marvelously weaves dance, spirituality,...
We Outside: A Brooklyn JuneteenthBy Nina Flowers(Brooklyn, NY – May 21, 2025) – For its fifth annual Juneteenth Celebration, 651 ARTS – Brooklyn’s premier institution for...
Juneteenth is… an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Though the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves was signed January 1, 1863, enslaved...
Pentagon intelligence agency pauses events, and activities related to MLK Day, Black History Month By Will SteakinMatt Seyler,abcnews.go.comThe pause comes after Trump targeted DEI initiatives in...
There’s nothing that can break the bond when spirit melds with genius. And so, it happened at the Cooperative Culture Collective’s Juneteenth event in Von King...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as the architect of the historic August 28,1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Each year, the nation and the world pause to remember the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Tracing Black Families Back to Slavery in Brooklyn Fern GillespieSlavery in New York City began 400 years ago in 1626...
Remembering Helene Nomsa Brath By Cinque BrathIn our community, we often celebrate the louder voices—the ones who grab the microphone,...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...