New York Public Library Celebrates 100th Birthday of James Baldwin Across Library System
40 Acres Given to 1200 Former Chattel Slaves, Then Taken Away
Remembering D-Day: Honoring the Black, Buried, Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
An Homage to Malcolm X
More Black People &More African Assistance Needed!
Budget Engineering and the NYC two-step dance
Leadership Acted, Central BK Voted, and Zinerman Won
Adams State of the City Plan Continues Vision to “Reimagine” City and make it “More Livable”
Adams’ Pathways
City Council Speaker Adams and Progressives Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts and Push for Budget Solutions
Biden out, Kamala in – Presidential candidate shuffle, New Yorkers have their say
44,000 attend Black women’s Zoom call for Kamala Harris, raise $1.5M
Black men backing Kamala Harris fuel another fundraising spree
Pitkin Avenue Community Speaks: VP Kamala Harris Candidacy for President
Dr. Segun Shabaka: International African Arts Fest Has Lost Commodore Barry Park for 2025 Event, Active Search is on for New Location
ON THE ROAD TO POUGHKEEPSIE
Somewhere to Be
Like Before
20,000 Historic African American Items in Elizabeth Meader Collection Up for Auction as Single Item
Our Time At Home: On LocationVictorian Gilded Age Has Continuous ConnectionsFrom Brooklyn to Red Bank, NJ; Manhattan,Troy, NY and Back
The Business of Black Women Pushing Through Barriers
Business Certification as a Tool for Black-Owned Businesses to Grow
Black Leaders Mobilize the Community to Focus on Business Development
Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse: NYC Needs Outreach for CDFI Small Business Financing
Annual One Brooklyn Health Fair Draws Strong Community Participation
Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan Warns of Social Media’s Mental Health Dangers for Youth
Black Folks and May Mental Health Month
Milestone and More: Child and Family Mental Health “Transformational” Leader is City’s New Mental Health Executive Deputy Commissioner
Doula Delays
The Atrium at Sumner: A Place to Call Home
Battling the Worst List Landlords
To Rent or Buy, Brooklynites Dilemma
Federal Monitor’s Oversight of NYCHA Not Renewed, Blasts the Housing Authority
Poverty Rate Increases In New York City
View From Here By David Mark Greaves Let’s see, there’s a real threat of an authoritarian takeover of the United States: we have the Omicron Covid...
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...
By Peter M. WilliamsNABJ Black News & ViewsAs we come upon the second celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday,...
June 19, 1865 is the date that slaves in Texas and other parts of the south learned about their freedom,...