(Professor, Constitutional Law, John Jay College) The following Our Time Press interview with Professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, recorded earlier this month, launches a recurring series on the state of our times as we enter the third decade of this century. It is inspired in part by My Sankofa Year, one of two new upcoming books […]Read More
Part 1An Interview by Maitefa Angaza for Our Time Press Dr. Sanford spoke about the education institute established in her name, about John Henrik Clarke House, the Board of Education for People of African Ancestry, imperatives for children and parents, and establishing agency in our communities. DR. ADELAIDE SANFORD: First, I would like to […]Read More
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce pays tribute to outstanding business and community leaders on Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 at the Billie Holiday Theatre, 1368 Fulton St. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m., Awards Ceremony at 7:15. Four distinguished individuals will be honored: Roy Hastick, President and CEO of the Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Samuel Dunston, […]Read More
By Doha Madani Experts at the University of Oklahoma believe they have found a possible mass grave site from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at a city cemetery, although they are unsure how many bodies are underneath. Geophysical scanning identified two spots at the Oaklawn Cemetery that might bear bodies of those killed in the […]Read More
By Margo McKenzie Sunday, December 1, 3-6 pm marks the world premiere showing of this film at Restoration Plaza, Bed-Stuy, which will be free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. California was the first state to pass the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair). However, Ms. […]Read More
By Joe Hadsall, JoplinGlobe.com When he made the movie “The Learning Tree,” Gordon Parks probably didn’t intend for it to be relevant 50 years later. “It’s still relevant today,” said Kirk Sharp, executive director of the Gordon Parks Museum on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. “It was important when in came out in […]Read More
Thinker’s Notebook By Marlon Rice Two particular movies came out over the last two weeks that depict fictionalized stories about a pair of Black folks that were both iconic within their own eras and environment. I want you to appreciate that first sentence, as it took me half an hour to find the words […]Read More
A Ballad for Harlem Conversation: Sculptor Augusta Savage Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., Manhattan, 6:30-8:30pm, FREE. Dr. Jeffreen M. Hayes and independent curator and writer Niama Sandy will discuss the artistic vision and impact of Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage. Dr. Hayes is the author of Augusta Savage: Renaissance […]Read More
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