New York Cares has a campaign talking about a “coat drive is a team sport.” Never was a truer word spoken.Sen. Cordell Cleare rounded out the...
Dr. Maulana KarengaAgain, this year we wish for Africans everywhere throughout the world African community “Heri za Kwanzaa. Happy Kwanzaa”. And we bring and send greetings...
By Mary Alice MillerBrownsville Heritage House is in the process of archiving its collection. Anyone who enters the space is inspired by diverse art everywhere you...
HAPPY NEW YEAR I wanted to list some 2017 predictions as is customary by many publications for their New Year’s issues. I recently learned about an...
The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) & The International African Arts Festival (IAA Festival) will host a 50th Anniversary of...
By Fern GillespieWhile Donald Trump was destroying community enrichment DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusive) programs in the federal government in...
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a national landmark dedicated to the preservation and public access of Black...
Pentagon intelligence agency pauses events, and activities related to MLK Day, Black History Month By Will SteakinMatt Seyler,abcnews.go.comThe pause comes...
By Yvette MooreIn October 2003, when the bones of 18th century formerly enslaved Africans were returned to the African Burial...
Trump inauguration. Time of turmoil, testing resolve By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large“We can’t slow up and have our dignity and...
New York’s Seventeenth-Century African Burial Ground in History by Christopher Paul Moore New York’s African Burial Ground is the nation’s...
There are few places that inspire as much passion as the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan.It is more than...
Fern GillespieThe origin story of WBLS-FM is part of radio folklore. Its chief storyteller is Frankie Crocker, the legendary radio...