CULTURE

A “Wave of Freedom” in Jersey City Civil Rights Activist, Humanitarian, Co-Founder and Chair of People’s Organization for Progress Lawrence

Pastor David and Rev. Linda Jefferson, Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark and its African American Cultural Ministry hosted its First

By Raafiah OdomC4 Church member In recognition of her 30-year ministry with 10-years as pastor and organizer of Cross and

The State of Gay Pride for People of Color in the Age of Trumpism/21st Century In 1980, I graduated from

Oh what a night! Over two solid hours of Stevie Wonder’s music—”Music for the Community” as producer of the event,

In a recent conversation with Gary Hines, longtime producer and director of the three-time, Grammywinning group Sounds of Blackness, I

By R.L. Witter June is a month of many celebrations—Black Music Month, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, graduations, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

I recently found myself categorized by the under-thirty set as one of those “older folks.” I don’t mind so much—partly

A joyous occasion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture honored women in music during Women’s History Month.