Ada Smothers, McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden, Elmhurst, Queens The garden was founded in 1978 by the neighbors in the McIntosh Neighborhood Association. This was an empty...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeBrooklynites are wrestling with a housing dilemma. Not just the severe lack of affordable housing, and the growing ‘unhoused’ population, but also “ethnic cleansing,”...
By Fern GillespieThe words of Black poets have been entwined in American culture and history for over 100 years. During the early 20th Century, there were...
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...
Interwove Art with Activism in her Narrative Quilts Faith Ringgold, 93, the beloved and pioneering quilter, author, and multimedia artist, passed at her home in Englewood,...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as the architect of the historic August 28,1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Each year, the nation and the world pause to remember the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Tracing Black Families Back to Slavery in Brooklyn Fern GillespieSlavery in New York City began 400 years ago in 1626...
Remembering Helene Nomsa Brath By Cinque BrathIn our community, we often celebrate the louder voices—the ones who grab the microphone,...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...