77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Felony marijuana bust A 24-year-old man was charged with criminal sale of marijuana on March 30, cops said....
77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Slick robbery A thief allegedly left no traces after burglarizing a man’s apartment on Feb. 20, police said....
Local Clergy Give Full Support Two teens, ages 15 and 17, were rescued from forced prostitution. The sister of one of the teens called the Brooklyn...
Interview with Graham Weatherspoon, Det. NYPD, Ret. Graham Weatherspoon (center) OTP: What do you know about Tawana Brawley’s life before November, 1987? GW: I did not...
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...