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Activist Viola Plummer dies at age 86
Activist and Chairperson of the December 12th Movement Viola Plummer has died. Her passing was announced on Monday. She was...
Read MoreAlicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Art Collection at Brooklyn Museum
Call it an embarrassment of riches: The musician Alicia Keys and her husband Kasseem Dean, the producer and D.J. known...
Read More20-Bed Transitional Housing ‘Village’ Opens in Newark
Officials Say Hope Village II Improves on First Container Community A 20-bed “bridge housing community” is open for people in...
Read MoreThe 38th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
BAM honors Dr. King’s radical spirit at this beloved Brooklyn tradition, which rings in a new year with musical performances...
Read MoreRev. Dr. James A. Kilgore Installed
The Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Greater NY & Vicinity installed Rev. Dr. James A. Kilgore as the new president of...
Read MoreHal Jackson Hal Jackson’s Talented Teens Fundraiser
Folks who lived in the NYC area during the 80’s & 90’s remember Hal Jackson’s Sunday Classics heard on then Black-owned WBLS-FM. Many of us looked forward to hearing classic...
Read MoreHarlem EatUp! Luminary Awards Tamron Hall and D-Nice Honored
Titled “Harlem EatUp!,” the Luminary Awards Dinner truly lived up to its name. At the renowned Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem, guests dined on an array of culinary delights. Launched in...
Read MoreEast Orange Breaks Ground on Renovations to Historic Oval Park
Mayor Ted R. Green, the East Orange City Council, and the Departments of Public Works and Recreation & Cultural Affairs officially broke ground on renovations to Oval Park, a historic...
Read MoreA Private Experience: a short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chika climbs in through the store window first and then holds the shutter as the woman climbs in after her. The store looks as if it was deserted long before...
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