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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
Arts-Theater

Elizabeth Van Dyke is Producing a New Legacy for New Federal Theatre

Fern GillespieAs Producing Artistic Director of New Federal Theatre, renowned theatre actress and director...
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City Politics

Electeds & Activists say,”Tax the Rich! Help the City”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“Tax the Rich,” some elected officials and NYC activists are calling for...
Events

Saturday@Harlem Is… Presents the Savoy Centennial and the Institutional Legacy of Harlem Social Dance

By Enoch NaklenMultimedia JournalistThe line formed on the second floor of the Harlem Hospital...
Arts-Theater

Valerie Gladstone: Creating Black Art Dolls and Hollywood Hair Styles

By Fern GillespieWhether it’s her day job as an acclaimed hair stylist and wigmaker...
Community News

Community Works to Save a Treasure on Stuyvesant Avenue

Historically, in black communities, there are sacred spaces. Not just churches, not just schools,...
U.S. Politics

War and Global Unrest: Black Folks Respond

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeAs the media has the nation hyper-focused on the war with Iran...
Community News

Cafe con Libros Steeped in the Solidarity of the NYC Black Woman Bookstore Crawl

By Enoch NaklenThe inside of Cafe con Libros is a bibliophile’s dream where floor-to-ceiling...
Housing

Say It Ain’t So–developers Target Smurf Village In Bed Stuy

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeWill Bed Stuy’s beloved Smurf Village become a cut-and-paste condo complex?The Brooklyn...
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Sister, Who Do You Think You Are?: “We are Strong and Getting Stronger!”

An Our Time Press Special (Winner 1998 New York Association of Black Journalists First Place...
Health & Wellness

One Brooklyn Health Raising Awareness for Colorectal Cancer

Op-Ed by: Dr. Derrick Cheung, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at...
Black History

When Brooklyn Answered the Call: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

by Binta Vann “He could motivate and generate movement among people with his preaching and...
Community News

Jamal Clayton Robinson: Making an IMPACCT in Brooklyn Community Development

By Fern GillespieWhen Jamal Clayton Robinson was appointed Executive Director of community development nonprofit...
Events

Family Photo Album for Bridge Street Church, A Living Legend in America for 260 Years

With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street...
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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...
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View From Here

By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...
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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
Community News

Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

Interviewed by Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsTell us a little about yourself.My name is Glyne Maccup....