By Fern GillespieWe Outside! A Brooklyn Juneteenth was a celebration that hit the Plaza at 300 Ashland. Sponsored by 651ARTS, in partnership with Harlem’s The Soapbox...
Photo: Christopher Griffith On June 10, Rhythm and Blue drummers, dancer Tamara Belinda, The People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective and the Crown Heights Youth...
Her departure comes after a top City Hall public safety official close to Mayor Eric Adams held his own high-level NYPD meetings and media briefings on...
We don’t hear much about him these days. That’s just not right. by Suzanne SpellenMost of this page’s readership may not have been around when this...
Slavery remained legal in New York until 1827. And even after that, it remained closely tied to the institution when it continued to exist in southern...
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...