February brought record-setting cold temperatures last week, as low as 4 degrees. Combined with life-threatening wind chill, outdoor temperatures reached as low as minus 15 degrees....
by Fern Gillespie What would Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month and founder of the Association for the Study of African American...
June 5, 1993 – January 10, 2023 “The past is never dead,” said William Faulkner. “It’s not even past.” And America’s past will always be with...
By Mary Alice MillerThe air crackled with excitement as the line of early arrivals stretched down the block to witness Congressman Hakeem Jeffries community inauguration as...
Text and photos by Bernice Elizabeth Green While the drama in Manhattan’s Watson Hotel – between refugee adult men who refused to move, the media and...
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...