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Architect Vertner W. Tandy, a man of many firsts
From Harlem to up the Hudson River, the creative genius of architect Vertner Woodson Tandy remains on display.
Bombs at the debate
With the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fast approaching, the two candidates quickly weighed in on the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey, each suggesting he or she was best prepared to deal with such attacks.
A jazz tribute and flyover to Dr. Roscoe Brown Jr., renowned Tuskegee Airman and educator
Famed Tuskegee Airman and educator Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Jr. made it abundantly clear that when he died, there were to be no funeral services. He insisted there be a jazz concert in his memory.
‘Hidden Figures’ no more—Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson of NASA
Back in June, when I featured the late Dorothy Vaughan in the Classroom, I promised to return to the subject of African-American women who worked at NASA as Vaughan did so illustriously. From Vaughan’s profile you were introduced to a number of other extraordinary women mathematicians and engineers, including Katherine Johnson, Eunice Smith and Mary Jackson.
Protests stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
When Colin Kaepernick refused to honor the American national anthem, the “Star Spangled Banner,” he may not have been aware that his protest was consistent with one now raging in North Dakota.
Concern about Clinton’s physical health and Trump’s mental health
As expected, it was another exciting and unpredictable week on the presidential campaign trail between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Espaillat’s growing influence
Victories for three women in Tuesday’s primaries were headline stories, one of them close to home here in Harlem and one from the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Member of Tuskegee Airmen, Dabney Montgomery, dies at 93
Before marching with Dr. King in Selma in 1965, Dabney Montgomery was a ground crewman for the famed Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Montgomery, 93, died of natural causes Saturday, according to his goddaughter, Marlene Patton.
Detroit to Trump: Drop dead!
One of the best definitions of Donald Trump—and he’s been called everything from a sociopath to a psychopath—is that he is like a tornado, hollow in the center, but nevertheless dangerous and destructive.
Kaepernick takes a stand by sitting
In one way, Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, brought to mind the courageous act of Rosa Parks, who chose to sit rather than give up her seat at the front of the “colored” section of the bus to a white passenger.
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