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Early ResistanceThe first African captives arrived in Dutch New Amsterdam in 1626 from West and Central Africa and later from Caribbean plantations. Due to constant conflicts with Native Americans, the Dutch created a buffer zone for themselves by granting Africans “half-freedoms” and small parc...
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Auburn Seminary, a center for empowering leaders of faith and moral courage since 1818, announced on October 1st the appointment of the Reverend Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson as its new president. She succeeds the Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, Auburn’s 10th president, who began stewarding this transiti...
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NEW YORK, NYNYC elections are a month away. The Bill de Blasio mayoralty ends on December 31. Change, uncertainty, and hope are low hanging invaders hovering over NYC. A new mayor will be tasked with monumental challenges facing this busy, chaotic, multicultural city state, the main artery of Americ...
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A Bright Idea Glows in Brooklyn: Shervone Neckles (center), an interdisciplinary artist, educator and community activist of Grenadian descent, is a beacon of light for illuminating Black History in Brooklyn. She’s also engaging the interests of talented teens and impressing the Long Island Univers...
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CM Ydanis Rodriquez’s Statement: “On December 2019, I was proud to join Mayor de Blasio, Melinda Hunt, President of the Hart Island Project, family and loved ones of people currently buried at Hart Island, and advocates as we signed into law Intro. 906-A, a bill I introduced to the Council trans...
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By Bryant McInnisOn Saturday, September 18, 2021, the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District celebrated its 50th year landmark designation. It was a glorious day to celebrate the Stuyvesant Heights historic half century anniversary in Fulton Park. It was all coordinated by Community Board 3 Landmark a...
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The New York State Education Department (NYSED) awarded $5.4 million in My Brother’s Keeper Teacher Opportunity Corps II (TOC II) grants to four senior colleges in The City University of New York, including Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. The grants will increase the number of racial and ethnic ...
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Thu, Oct 7 2021 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Virtual “We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone, but you are not free whether you are white or Black, until I am free.”—Fannie Lou Hamer A blend of social commentary, biography, and intellectual history, Until I Am Free is a manifesto […]
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By David Mark GreavesWe have more “worst fear” days coming for America than we had ever imagined. The White supremacists have decided that if they are to act at all, before the country turns even less White and with everyone having a vote, then this is their time to make their move; voter suppre...
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Alia E. DastagirUSA TODAY R&B star R. Kelly was convicted Monday following a six-week-long trial featuring graphic testimony from dozens of accusers.Some details from the trial were intended to startle us: The accusation that the singer believed he had gotten then 15-year-old singer Aaliyah pregnant...
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Blacks own 22 cents for every dollar held by whites By Charlene Crowell Sept 23 … As the global pandemic continues to take lives and infect multiple generations, virtually every dimension of life is challenged. And people with the fewest financial resources before COVID-19 are being challenged mor...
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by Brian GoodAs statues of historical figures such as Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee — both of whom have potentially racist or otherwise troubling backstories — are regularly being removed from places of honor in urban areas, a new set of heroes we can proudly look up to are emerging in ...
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NEW YORK, NYIn attempt to stem the spread of COVID19 and the Delta variant which have claimed so many lives, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Kathy Hochul have vaccine mandates in place. Many essential workers in public education and at health care facilities are vaccine averse and are prepared...
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STEM Global Action Founder Dr. Calvin Mackie Sees STEM as a powerful ‘Superhero Force’ Creating Quality Jobs and Careers for the Next Generation NEW ORLEANS, LA – Dr. Calvin Mackie is the founder of STEM Global Action (SGA), a campaign and network of affiliates that bring science, technology, ...
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by Martin Pengellywww.theguardian.comBarack Obama says wealthy Americans – including himself – can afford tax rises to help fund Joe Biden’s ambitious spending plan.“I think they can afford it,” Obama told ABC’s Good Morning America. “We can afford it. I put myself in this category now...
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Bed Stuy Gateway BID recently traveled where no other BID has gone and invited the entire Beford-Stuyvesant community to travel along, as they venture into the inner galactic realm of ANIME! On Saturday, September 25, The BID in partnership with New York City Department of Youth and Community Develo...
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Honest Employees Stepped Forward to Report Illegalities Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett, today announced that nine contractors have been variously charged in multiple indictments with bribery, giving unla...
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The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is up and running to provide support for both renters and landlords who need rental assistance. Apply now for this important program.Emergency assistance and resources continue to be available to those in need of Hurricane Ida-related support, from th...
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Brenda Mallory is the 12th Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the first African American to hold that position. The CEQ’s mission is to coordinate the federal government’s efforts to improve, preserve, and protect America’s public health and environment.Our Time Press spok...
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By Alicia Boyd, MTOPPToday, the Crown Height/Flatbush Community has made history. For the first time in the known NYC world, a project that was certified by the City Planning Commission has been voted down by the efforts of a predominately Black low to moderate income community. The 960 Franklin Ave...
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Firefighter John Coombs remembers 9/11 as a very warm and beautiful day when he started work on some plumbing in his Bed Stuy basement. It was when he came out to buy water that he heard about a plane hitting the twin towers. At first, he assumed it was a small training plane “I couldn’t […]
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September 17, 2021Nicole GreenfieldBack in 1989, a groundbreaking NRDC report called Intolerable Risk detailed the perils children faced just by dutifully eating their fruits and vegetables. “These staples of children’s diets routinely, and lawfully, contain dangerous amounts of pesticides, whic...
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If you are looking for plant-based foods, bulk herbs, supplements, wellness items, etc. then you want to visit BBF. Owners Aimee and Myriam Simpierre have brought a health food haven to north Bed Stuy at 371 Kosciuszko Street at Marcus Garvey Blvd. You can order online at: www.buybetterfoods.com On....
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By Erik Pedersen,www.deadline.comMelvin Van Peebles, an actor, writer, director, producer and icon of Black cinema whose films include Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and Watermelon Man, died Tuesday night at his Manhattan home. He was 89.His death was confirmed by his son, Mario Van Peebles, wh...
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More than 1,000 National Grid employees gave back to their local communities on Monday, September 20 to celebrate a Day of Service across the company’s 26,000-square-mile New York service area. Company employees reaffirmed their spirit of altruism across the state by volunteering at food banks, Ha...
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President tells UN General Assembly that US will become the world’s leading provider of climate financeOliver Milman in New York www.theguardian.comJoe Biden has vowed to double the financial aid given to developing countries vulnerable to the worsening climate crisis as he warned the UN that the ...
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by Jessica Gould, WNYCMayor de Blasio has announced some revised testing and quarantine protocols for the city’s public schools, which will go into effect next Monday. Sample COVID-19 testing of unvaccinated students will now happen weekly, rather than twice-a-month at all elementary, middle, and ...
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NEW YORK, NEW YORKNAME CHANGES: In February, 2021, Dominican Republic-born US Representative Adriano Espaillat submitted House Resolution HR77 to change the name of the northernmost parts of his Manhattan Congressional district from Sugar Hill, Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights and Inwood to Quis...
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The CUNY Comeback Program, one of the largest college debt forgiveness program in the country, forgives nearly $95 million in unpaid tuition and fee balances for mroe than 52,000 students. is a prime example of the way CUNY comes to the aid of its students and always has their backs.Of the messages....
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Brooklyn, NY – Today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets, as well as local elected leaders, at the site of a fatal crash in Clinton Hill, where a reckless driver allegedly going the wrong way rammed into another car, causing both ...
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by Brian GoodDiversityinc.comThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a study that offers another reason for companies to encourage their employees to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, as well as talking points for those still concerned about potential risks involved wit...
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By Chanelle Chandleryahoonews.comAs it marks its return to in-person classes, Hampton University, a prominent historically Black college known colloquially as “Home by the Sea,” is setting an example of how to navigate the coronavirus pandemic.The school, which is located in Hampton, Va., has re...
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