Recent Stories
Race is on in the 13th District
There were not many oohs and aahs in the debate last Thursday evening at Abyssinian Baptist Church
Famed novelist and former AmNews reporter Ann Petry
The famed novelist Ann Petry gained her knowledge of Harlem during her days as a reporter for the Amsterdam News in the late 1930s. She accumulated more insight on the historic community and its residents working for the People’s Voice, a weekly newspaper founded by the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
And then there were two—Political pioneer Basil Paterson, passes at 87
Attorney Basil Alexander Paterson, one of the legendary “Gang of Four” from Harlem, was as warm and gregarious as he was astute and generations with his time and praise for those he deemed equals and to Mr. and Mrs. Nobody just wanting a chance to shake his hand.
More grief from the Supreme Court
Once again the Supreme Court has delivered a devastating blow to our democratic rights by striking down any limitations on campaign contributions.
Harlem’s ‘Manchild in the Promised Land’
One of my young students at City College once asked me how many writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s were actually born and raised in Harlem. “Not many,” I answered without any real concrete information for her question.
Cat's out of the bag: Sharpton outed as FBI informant
With President Barack Obama scheduled to speak Friday at the National Action Network’s annual convention, the website the Smoking Gun felt it was an opportune time to dig up some old dirt to smear the Rev. Al Sharpton and, by extension, tarnish the president.
Sarah Rector, the richest Black girl in America
This week we tout a local author, Tonya Bolden, writing about a virtually unknown Black girl from Oklahoma
State legislature oks Pre-K
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislators agreed on a $137.9 billion fiscal budget for 2014-2015 last Saturday what included $300 million set aside for preschool children in New York City.
Carra Wallace appointed NYC chief diversity officer
Comptroller Scott Stringer selected the friendly confines of the National Action Network (NAN) to announce Carra Wallace as his first chief diversity officer.
Perhaps the greatest of the Black Fives: The Harlem Rens
At the center of the exhibit “Black Fives” is the legendary New York Renaissance, whose home court was the now long-abandoned Renaissance Ballroom that nearly abuts Abyssinian Baptist Church.
