EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Mamdani celebrates the restoration of Brooklyn’s historic Weeksville with a new documentary
Before there was a “Black Wall Street,” there was Brooklyn, New York’s Weeksville. The original for us, by…
Racist comment at NYC parent meeting ignites fury as Black leaders call for accountability – Chalkbeat
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Governor launches African American Heritage Grant Program
STATEWIDE — ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAY NOW APPLY FOR A $3.8 MILLION…
Hidden Histories: What the Slave Masters of the Bronx Left Us
By Alice Augustine This fall, I introduced 42 Lehman College honors students to the Enslaved African Burial Ground…
If This House Could Talk: Life on Jefferson Avenue
Brownstones on Jefferson Avenue. Photo by Susan De Vries Here I am, 76 years old, grandson of the…
Opera singer returns home for Harlem Renaissance recital
The lyrical poems and lively jazz music of the Harlem Renaissance have always been a source of comfort…
Elizabeth Jennings took on NYC transit rules and won
A century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white patron in Montgomery,…
Organization looks to bring awareness to former plantation in the Bronx, NYC during Black History Month
THE BRONX, Manhattan (WABC) — As dozens of states have passed or proposed laws restricting Black history courses,…