“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail” 4/16/63 by JESSY EDWARDS,www.bkreader.comIn 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote about freedom from behind bars in Birmingham Jail, after being arrested and thrown into […]readmore
Brooklyn/Ghana Trade Mission Plans Announced Remarks of Randy Peers, President, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce When I first came back to the Brooklyn Chamber last September, one of the things I said was that we needed to get back to “being a Chamber again.” What I meant by that was, we needed to go back to […]readmore
Nikole Hannah-Jones, this year’s keynote speaker for this year’s BAM Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations, is an award-winning investigative reporter who covers civil rights and racial injustice stories for the New York Times Magazine. Her previous journalism work includes Raleigh News & Observer and The Oregonian. Ms. Hannah-Jones grew up in Waterloo, Iowa and wrote […]readmore
Community Celebration Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Fun at Bed Stuy’s Annual RFK Memorial Holiday Community Event The Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation returns with its longstanding holiday staple, the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Holiday Community Event, welcoming hundreds of youth into Restoration Plaza for artmaking, storytelling, giveaways and more to promote children’s literacy and healthy lifestyles […]readmore
Friday, July 19th Amazing Grace Screening at Senior Cinema BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette St., doors open at 9:30am, film at 10am, FREE. Movie lovers ages 65 and up can watch this wonderful documentary while enjoying complimentary popcorn and soda. The film, directed by Alan Elliott and Sydney Pollack, is the long-unseen concert film of […]readmore
Saturday, July 13th Brownstone Steps Neighborhood BBQ Clifton Place Memorial Park & Garden, 1031-1039 Bedford Ave., 2-8pm, $15. Enjoy a day in the sun with food, music, garden tours and dinner fresh off the grill with sweet tea and Mama Deah’s peach pie. Grill masters will serve ribs, chicken, mac & cheese with bacon, […]readmore
By Victoria Horsford THE WEEK IN REVIEW Sports is not my forte. But I love to see Black men as winners donning the covers of print media. Congratulations to golf legend Tiger Woods on the occasion of winning the Masters, his first major golf tournament championship since 2008. Everyone including the POTUS 45, the […]readmore
Friday, April 19th Bionic Me New York Hall of Science 4701 111th St., Corona Queens. FREE general admission Fridays 2-5 and Sundays 10-11am. (Check the Internet for admission prices at other times.) With hands-on displays and full-body experiences, this exhibition explores the inventive and ingenious medical and industrial breakthroughs that have helped enhance the human […]readmore
