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...
“Governor Hochul’s recent signing of the new legislation to create a commission for studying reparations in New York State marks a significant milestone in our collective...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeGiven the unrelenting community pressure, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Reparations Bill, which had lingered for almost 6 months but had a fast-approaching December...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large Activists and New York elected officials are demanding that Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the Reparations Bill before the end-of-the-year deadline.“It’s a de facto...
No one has done more to integrate claims for reparations for African Americans into Black activism than the “Queen Mother” Audley Moore. An activist for 70...
Brooklyn’s African American Protestant denominations were born of discrimination and a desire for self-expression and self-worth. Their contributions to our...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsIn the 1980’s two young Black heads of state, just as they were getting started in...
by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies...
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...