It takes a village to raise a child and the village of Bedford-Stuyvesant was in full force supporting the students at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Public...
by Fern GillespieBlack youth using computers is stirring up controversies. On one hand, the Adams administration has filed a lawsuit against the major tech platforms TikTok,...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeApril’s International Black Women’s History Month designation has been quietly and proudly existing since its invention in Atlanta in 2016. “If they don’t give...
Black Girls Code has announced the appointment of Cristina Jones as CEO. In accepting the appointment, Ms. Jones responded: Dear BGC Community,It’s a joy and honor...
By Roxanne DupitonThere are people in this world destined to be a guiding light for generations to come. To forge paths into worlds marginalized young men...
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...