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CULTURE 

March on day of Martin Luther King’s death calls for action on voting rights, racism

April 7, 2022April 21, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine Democracy and Peace, Equality, History, Larry Hamm, Martin Luther King Jr., Million People’s March for Voting Rights, MLK, Newark

Fifty-four years after his death, the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. could be felt in the hundreds who marched

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WOMEN 

Celebrating Women for All they Do

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine Art, Culture, Health, History, Music, NYC, women

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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NEWS 

Newark Honors Harriet Tubman

March 17, 2022March 28, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine Culture, History, women

Downtown Park to be Renamed and New Monument Constructed Linda Caldwell Epps is President & CEO of 1804 Consultants Thankfully

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PUBLISHER 

The Wrap-Up

March 17, 2022March 23, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine Art, Culture, God, Harlem, Health, History, Money, Music, NYC, women

To God Be the Glory! Power to the People! Let Freedom Ring! “. . . It’s such a change/For us

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NEWS 

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

March 17, 2022April 6, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine History, judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson, President, Supreme Court, women

Biden’s Nominee for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States By Leslie Nash Even in preschool Ketanji Brown

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OPINION 

Love and Respect, Pillars for Positive Change

February 18, 2022February 28, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine Art, Culture, Health, History, Music, 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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CULTURE 

LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG

October 19, 2017October 26, 2017 The Positive Community Culture, History, Music

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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CULTURE 

NEA to honor Washington human and civil rights hero Delbert Richardson

June 29, 2017July 5, 2017 The Positive Community Award, Diaspora, History

Annual gala marks 50th anniversary of the NEA-American Teachers Association merger WASHINGTON— Founder and curator Delbert Richardson’s traveling African-American museum,

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NEWS 

Tennessee Episcopalians add to growing efforts to honor lynching victims

June 29, 2017July 5, 2017 The Positive Community Atlanta, Church, History

The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is leading efforts to research and memorialize lynching victims in Nashville and statewide, following in

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MONEY 

A Basquiat Sells for ‘Mind-Blowing’ $110.5 Million at Auction

May 19, 2017May 25, 2017 The Positive Community Art, History, Money

Joining the rarefied $100 million-plus club in a salesroom punctuated by periodic gasps from the crowd, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s powerful 1982

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The Extraordinary Paul Rodes Trautman
PUBLISHER 

The Extraordinary Paul Rodes Trautman

May 25, 2022June 2, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine

A Mighty Man of Vision and Faith! Adrian Council Publisher, The Positive Community I was about 28 years old when

Education, Cultural Literacy and Positive Change!
PUBLISHER 

Education, Cultural Literacy and Positive Change!

April 21, 2022April 28, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
The Wrap-Up
PUBLISHER 

The Wrap-Up

March 17, 2022March 23, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
The Future of Black History in America: Our Year of Positive Change 2022
PUBLISHER 

The Future of Black History in America: Our Year of Positive Change 2022

February 14, 2022March 17, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
ECC Community Education Forum Alfred Bundy with NJ LEEP Exec Director, Alumni Liaison & PTK Pres. Angela Anokye-Boateng
EDUCATION TPCTV 

ECC Community Education Forum Alfred Bundy with NJ LEEP Exec Director, Alumni Liaison & PTK Pres. Angela Anokye-Boateng

December 8, 2022December 15, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine

In this episode of Essex County College’s Community Education Forum, host Alfred Bundy speaks with PTK Chapter President Angela Anokye-Boateng,

Essex County College Community Education Forum with Dr. Akil Khalfani and SGA Pres. Yahira Rosales
EDUCATION TPCTV 

Essex County College Community Education Forum with Dr. Akil Khalfani and SGA Pres. Yahira Rosales

November 28, 2022December 2, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
Building a Unique Ecosystem for Health Innovations | Sam Sia
TPCTV 

Building a Unique Ecosystem for Health Innovations | Sam Sia

July 26, 2021August 11, 2021 The Positive Community Magazine
Actions Speak Louder Than Words | Kimberly Gray
TPCTV 

Actions Speak Louder Than Words | Kimberly Gray

July 23, 2021August 11, 2021 The Positive Community Magazine
KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022
GRADS 

KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022

September 6, 2022September 8, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine

“We’re so proud of our KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022! From dozens of acceptances to elite universities (and

Graduates from Essex County Tech Schools Accepted into Prestigious Colleges and Universities
GRADS 

Graduates from Essex County Tech Schools Accepted into Prestigious Colleges and Universities

August 31, 2022September 8, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
Hooray for the Graduates
GRADS 

Hooray for the Graduates

August 29, 2022October 4, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
Call Him Doctor Harmon
GRADS 

Call Him Doctor Harmon

August 26, 2022September 8, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
I’VE GOT NOTHIN’ BUT LOVE FOR YOU, AND THAT’S FINE
OPINION 

I’VE GOT NOTHIN’ BUT LOVE FOR YOU, AND THAT’S FINE

December 19, 2022January 4, 2023 The Positive Community Magazine

BY R.L. WITTER Seeing gas prices drop has been a blessing. It’s not just the price of gasoline that skyrocketed.

A Safer New York
NEWS OPINION 

A Safer New York

December 17, 2022January 4, 2023 The Positive Community Magazine
OP-ED: The Time is Now for Increasing Diversity in American Media Ownership 
OPINION 

OP-ED: The Time is Now for Increasing Diversity in American Media Ownership 

November 30, 2022December 6, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
Saving Our Own Community: Remembering Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III
NEWS OPINION 

Saving Our Own Community: Remembering Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

November 28, 2022December 17, 2022 The Positive Community Magazine
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