Brooklyn authors Emily Sieu Liebowitz and Laura Flam’s “But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” released Tuesday has upped the volume on the importance of the dynamic...
To feature interviews with Lois Harris Powell (Chantels),Delores Kenniebrew (The Crystals) and Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) by Bernice Elizabeth GreenIf the reaction to last week’s Our...
Historical moments of the 1960s revolved around the Civil Rights efforts for social justice, jobs, and freedom from oppression. The soundtrack of those years was mixed...
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...