Journalist/PoliticalCommentator/Pundit/Authorand Playwright on “The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks and Curls …” The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks and Curls is a world premiere play written by multiplatform storyteller Keli Goff.Broadway World described the play as “A collection of monologues in the tradition of For Colored Girls…, The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks and Curls […]readmore

Planned Medgar Evers College virtual events this month include panel discussions on  women in healthcare sharing their experiences combatting COVID-19 and the pandemic’s effects on communities color.  For information on the full March programming slate, scheduling and registration,  check the website for registration information and times: www.mec.cuny.edu/womens-history-month-2021 March 9 – Coloring Outside the Lines: This virtual panel discussion will […]readmore

By Maitefa Angaza This weekend all are invited to enjoy something many of us miss dearly — a showcase of Black creative brilliance!The Black Artists Marketplace, hosted by innovative jeweler Lavalais and veteran milliner Ella Issac, returns for its third weekend of showcasing artists and featuring performances, many of them from Louisiana.“I’m from Louisiana and […]readmore

“The Black Church” premieres on PBS, February 16 and 23 “The Black Church” explores a bedrock religious institution with cultural and political influence far beyond church walls, dating back to religious roots in Africa that contributed to what Gates called “a big religious foundational stew.”“So much of the way we’ve interpreted the Bible and so […]readmore

“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