By Victoria Horsford THE WEEK IN REVIEW 11/5 ELECTION RESULTS: NEW YORK: Congratulations to Brooklyn’s Jumaane Williams who won the election for Public Advocate, making him next in line of succession to the NYC mayoralty, and Queens Boro Prexy Melinda Katz won her bid for Queens District Attorney……VIRGINIA: Democrats regained control of the state […]Read More
Vy Higginsen celebrates the 35th Anniversary of “MAMA, I WANT TO SING,” the endearing Black musical about a young woman who wants to leave her beloved gospel choir for the secular world of R&B and pop music. “MAMA I WANT TO SING” returns to the Heckscher Theater, now known as El Teatro, at Museo […]Read More
“Cornel West Matters” is a book originally published in France in 2016, written by Dr. Mahamadou Lamine Sagna, who joins Dr. West in conversation at the Africa Center, located at 1280 Fifth Avenue, Harlem, on November 9 at 4 pm. The Sagna book focuses on West’s analyses of politics, democracy, religion and race […]Read More
Autumn is setting in with its customary rituals. The New York Marathon is Sunday, November 3. Assemblywoman Inez Dickens is hosting a costume Halloween Party at Cove Lounge, 325 Lenox Avenue, Harlem, on October 30 at 7 pm. Joshua Clennon will host a fundraiser for Senator Brian Benjamin for his 2021 bid for NYC Comptroller […]Read More
Memorial and funeral services were held for Congressman Elijah Cummings, the first African American congressman to lie in state in the Capitol. It was good to see the hyperdivisive congressmen and US senators coming together to pay homage to a colleague. President Barack Obama eulogized Mr. Cummings at the funeral. A few days later, Congressman […]Read More
Congratulations to Fern Khan, Bank Street College Dean Emerita, who celebrated her 80th Birthday Anniversary in grand style at her Upper West Side home on September 21 with her favorite guys, hubby Ismail and sons Yussuf, Javaid and Nafees; grandchildren, loving sisters Hope and Philippa. Fern’s nieces, nephews and her family circle of friends also […]Read More
Why did NYS Governor Cuomo use the “N” word last week? He said that he was referencing a NY Times story. I read the Brent Staples 10/13 opinion piece, “HOW ITALIANS BECAME WHITE,” which may be bothersome to some. Staples related a narrative about Italian immigrants in Louisiana who were lynched in the late […]Read More
The National Association of Minority Contractors, New York Tri-State Chapter, presented its UNITY IN DIVERSITY 2019 AWARDS GALA, a black-tie affair, on October 18 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. New York’s construction and contractor industry elites were ubiquitous and in evidence during the 5-hour proceedings. NAMC honored 25 industry leaders, many of them African-Americans like […]Read More
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