By Mary Alice MillerBuilding on the theme “AI Renaissance: Navigating our Future,” the 53rd Annual New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian...
By Mary Alice MillerBlack people are resilient. We work, love, create, build, and advocate. We can only do these things with good health. Maintaining good health...
All Photos by Christopher Griffith The Kings County Democratic County Committee and Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn hosted this year’s Brooklyn Democratic Party Gala attended by...
First-ever – Addressed Crisis of Black Women Maternal Mortality in New York City, Solutions-Seeking Quests to End Deadly Disparity Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso on Saturday hosted a maternal...
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...