By Fern GillespieThere’s been a lot of messaging about the irony of Vice President Kamala Harris, California’s veteran prosecutor, district attorney, and attorney general, running against...
By Mary Alice MillerAnyone familiar with student activism at Medgar Evers College more than a decade ago would recognize Evangeline Byars. She launched her career in...
Dr. John Louis Flateau Services On this page are images of the Bridge Street AWME Church services celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. John Louis...
A lifelong public servant, community activist, political strategist and a dedicated mentor throughout his decades-long career at Medgar Evers College, Dr. John Louis Flateau has passed...
Ms. Katie L. Davis, the community activist who has spearheaded a 60-year movement to honor leadership, emerging and established, in our community and develop and provide...
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...