By Jeffery Kazembe BattsA sampling of thoughts from twenty-five Black men regarding the upcoming national election and the American presidency in general reveal complex and varied...
View From HereBy David Mark GreavesThank you, Joe Biden, for making the right decision! Now, Vice President Harris is free to carry on your legacy of...
By Lisa DurdenAt approximately 1:30pm EST. on Sunday, July 21, 2024, President Joe Biden shocked the world by posting a letter on Twitter (X), announcing his...
Bigga, Program Manager of BIVO (Brownsville In, Violence Out) NorthBiden did what is best for him. He bowed out. I salute him for that. A lot...
By Fern GillespieSince it was chartered in 1922, the Brooklyn NAACP has garnered a reputation as one of the NAACP’s largest and most effective branches. Under...
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...