Yuma Street Cultural Festival celebrates Manhattan’s Black history, community
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – You’re invited to celebrate the Black history, culture and community of Manhattan’s historic Yuma…
Before Brooklyn became Brooklyn, Red Hook helped save the Revolution • Brooklyn Paper
History books routinely talk about how George Washington and the Continental army escaped from Brooklyn after losing a…
The String Queens Are Rewriting Classical Music
Source: Unknown / Courtesy of The String Queens This mid-summer stretch has always been a time of dual…
Karen Slack’s African Queens Community Concert
Karen Slack’s “African Queens” free community concert in Winston-Salem Updated: 4:02 AM EDT Jun 10, 2026 Editorial Standards…
The man who went from Washington’s army to Albany civic leader
Benjamin Lattimore’s descendants at the historic marker celebrating him. From left, Terry Jackson, JoAnn Ellis, Stacy Rose and…
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,…