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By Herb Boyd and Lloyd Willams Months before we and the world were alerted and alarmed that the great Aretha

Brooklyn, NEW YORK – Thousands of afros, braids and natural hairstyles flooded Prospect Park for the annual Curlfest. The fifth

Dear Friend of Medgar Evers College, Today marks the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Wiley Evers. Shortly after midnight

Door of Return: Racial Truth and Reconciliation Pilgrimage to Ghana is a series of three powerful, short films and discussion tools

An iconic figure in the history of jazz music who was instantly recognizable even to millions of non-jazz fans by

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Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition and 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, Jazzmeia Horn

Mid-Manhattan NAACP Special Black History Month on February 21, 2018 featured two special guest speakers: the Author and Historian, Mr.