Celebrating Women for All they Do
CELEBRATING WOMEN FOR ALL THEY DO BY R.L. WITTER It’s March—Women’s History Month, when we laud and remember celebrated women
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Culture
Newark Honors Harriet Tubman
Downtown Park to be Renamed and New Monument Constructed Linda Caldwell Epps is President & CEO of 1804 Consultants Thankfully
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The Wrap-Up
To God Be the Glory! Power to the People! Let Freedom Ring! “. . . It’s such a change/For us
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Love and Respect, Pillars for Positive Change
Formerly a successful attorney, Rev. Dr. Edmonds is interim pastor of the Church of the Covenant in New York City.
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LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG
by Jone Johnson Lewis Updated March 11, 2017 Known for: first major woman jazz instrumentalist; part of King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band; marriage to Louis
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Afropunk Festival 2017
Like she did at Panorama, Outside Lands, FYF Fest, and Pitchfork Festival, Solangebrought her spectacular and meticulously-imagined set to Brooklyn’s Afropunk Festival on Saturday (8/26). She
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Apollo Theater raises over $2 million
A host of celebrities and entertainers attended the Apollo Theater’s 12th Annual Spring Gala. Director and producer Stan Lathan and
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Essex County Freeholders Celebrate African-American History Month
Vice President Brendan Gill (right) reads the Board’s plaque and Commendation honoring Orange Councilmember Adrienne Wooten ( BY GLEN FRIESON
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture
THE SMITHSONIAN’S National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on Sept. 24 in Washington after a long journey.
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Black History Month Events in New York City
New York City has long been a center of African-American life in the United States. It’s where the Harlem Renaissance
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