Statement of L. Joy Williams, President, Brooklyn NAACP“I am elated to share that we have successfully challenged New York State’s line warming ban, securing a critical...
Open to the public: Sat, Jan. 6th, 2024 Medgar Evers College from 1 pm-4 pm By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeNew Year resolutions notwithstanding, there is a community call...
by Fern Gillespie Sen. Raphael G. Warnock’s win in the Georgia runoff turned Georgia from a red to purple state with two Democrat senators. His victory...
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...
Eulogy delivered by Ossie Davisat the funeral of Malcolm XFaith Temple Church of GodFebruary 27, 1965“Here – at this final...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change, and maybe Brooklyn can lead the way. The population in NYC who...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change. “Now is the time” Rev. Jesse Jackson famously said to mobilize the...