NYC Is 400 Years Old This Year: Celebrating Our City’s History, Culture
Celebrating 400 Years of the Greatest City in the World Editor’s note: Last weekend’s op-ed…
Category: Black Culture
“Voices and Votes: Democracy In America” Exhibit On Display At Alice Austen House – Democracy Demands Action, Reaction, Vision, Revision
“Voices and Votes: Democracy In America” Exhibit On Display At Alice Austen House – Democracy…
DCLA Announces Continued Commitment To “Get Art Done,” Expand Cultural Access For All New Yorkers – Continuing Success of 2024 Investments
IN 2024, DCLA CONTINUES TO “GET ART DONE” AND EXPAND CULTURAL ACCESS FOR ALL NEW…
“Triumph Of The Human Spirit Day:” Ceremony to Honor African Burial Ground In Lower Manhattan, Reflect on Legacy of African Diaspora Across New York
“TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT DAY” HONORS THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND IN LOWER MANHATTAN AND…
Disappearing Parks: How Project 2025 Could Decrease Protections For National Monuments, Roll Back Progress In Filling Nature Gap For Low Income Americans
Disappearing Parks: How Project 2025 Would Decrease Protections for Nature Editor’s note: We have previously…
OPINION: Polls Are Open! New Yorkers Need To Turn Out To Vote – Mayor Adams
Polls Are Open! Editor’s note, You can see our previous coverage on the election, with…
Bishop Lamor Whitehead (‘Bling Bishop’) Files Motion For Bail Pending Exoneration: Main Witness Informant Who Allegedly Fabricated Conspiracy
Bishop Lamor Miller Whitehead Files Motion for Bail Pending Exoneration, Citing Targeted Actions Against Black…
Roll-Out Completed of First-Ever No-Cost Pain-Free Citywide Curbside Composting, City Flags At Half Staff On Oct 7th Anniversary, Flag Raising For Republic Of North Korea, General Pulaski Day Parade, Nigerian Independence Day Parade, NYPD Gospel Fest
MAYOR ADAMS ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF ROLL-OUT OF FIRST-EVER NO-COST, PAIN-FREE CITYWIDE CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PROGRAM Hundreds…
How Campaign Finance Violations Often Grow Into Dramatic Scandals – In Light Of New Allegations Against Mayor Adams
Eric Adams indictment: How campaign finance violations often grow into dramatic scandals Charlie Hunt, Boise State…
Mayor Adams Historic Indictment: Mayor Adams, Marianne Pizzitola, Citizens United, Rep. Malliotakis Weigh In
Below, politicians, activists, and the mayor himself respond to the recent announcement of the Grand…
Expanded Emancipation Exhibition To Open At Fraunces Tavern Museum This Fall With Funding From Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
Fraunces Tavern Museum to Open Expanded Emancipation Exhibition with Funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner…
Brooklyn Community Board Positions Now Open: Entry Level Into Municipal Government
Editor’s note: The employment opportunity described below includes membership in the city’s union contract. This…
Brendan Gill Prize Winner For 2024 Announced: Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces Exhibit At MoMA
Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Brendan Gill Prize Editor’s note: From the MAS page…
Lincoln Center, Buglisi Dance Theatre Present “Table of Silence Project 9/11”
Table of Silence Project 9/11 Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 8:05am ET In-Person and Livestreamed…
Mayor Adams Hosts Reception Celebrating Caribbean American Heritage At Gracie Mansion
TRANSCRIPT FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024: MAYOR ADAMS HOSTS RECEPTION CELEBRATING CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE Editor’s note: Staten…
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island’s Only Non-Sectarian Cemetery Founded By, For NYC’s Black Community
MAYOR ADAMS, LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION DESIGNATE STATEN ISLAND’S FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL PARK AS INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK Frederick Douglass…
Reparations For Caribbean Islands Including Grenada To Rebuild Education, Healthcare Systems After Devastations Of Slavery – Laura Trevelyan Interview
Reparations For Caribbean Islands Particularly Grenada – Laura Trevelyan Interview About Slave-Holding Ancestors, Moving Forward …
Brooklyn-Based Performance Ensemble, Dance Company Urban Bush Women Kicks Off 40th Anniversary With Week-Long Series At Lincoln Center
Urban Bush Women (UBW) kicks off their 40th Anniversary with a week-long series at Lincoln Center!…
Community Movie Night At Staten Island Ferryhawks Stadium This Friday: Free Showing Of Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Editor’s note: Staten Islander News recently covered the bike donation event at the Staten Island…
Celebrating Juneteenth With New Heritage Walk, Landmarking Of Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Other Progress Toward Equality
Celebrating Juneteenth with a New Heritage Walk, Landmark, and Progress Editor’s note: Staten Islander News…
Retiring Sandy Ground Museum Executive Director Honored With May 22nd Declared “Sylvia Moody D’Alessandro Day: BP Fossella
BP Fossella to Declare May 22nd “Sylvia Moody D’Alessandro Day” on Staten Island Editor’s note: Readers…
No One Fought For The Dead – Forgotten African-American Cemetery on Staten Island Now A Parking Lot
This African-American Slave Cemetery Couldn’t Be Saved: Documentary Filmmaker Discusses How This Graveyard Became A…
Book Review: Social Media Marketing – How To Use Social Media For Business By Jason McDonald PhD
Social Media Marketing: How To Use Social Media For Business – Guide For Beginners, More…
Walmart Celebrates Extra Day Of Black History Month In New York To Showcase Black-Owned Brands, Products – How They Can Enhance Your Daily Routines
Walmart is celebrating an extra day of Black History month in New York “Walmart’s Black…
American Prison System Supplies Slave Labor To Largest Corporations Across Industries – Slavery Hidden Behind Prison Walls Continues Unabated, Unlikely To Be Repealed
The 13th Amendment’s fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery In this rare photograph taken in 2000,…
Black Southern Nurses Committed To Controlling Tuberculosis – Risking Their Lives – Worked At Staten Island’s Sea View Hospital During Great Depression
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis February 11 •…
NYC DCA Celebrates Capital Funding Projects Across NYC Including Africa Center, Apollo Theater, American Museum Of Natural History
NYC DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR THE AFRICA CENTER & CULTURAL CAPITAL PROJECTS ACROSS MANHATTAN…
Join MoMA To Explore Connections Between Art, Gardening, Social Justice At MoMA’s Crown Creativity Lab
How can we dream of a world that is ecologically just and rooted in equity…
The Giverny Suite: An Exploration Of Bodily Autonomy, Safety Of Black Women Through Cinema At MoMA
Filmed in Harlem, New York, and in Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, France, Ja’Tovia Gary’s THE…
MoMA Pays Homage To Hip-Hop, Role It Has Played For 50 Years Through Cultural, Artistic Expression With New Exhibit
This week we’re paying homage to hip-hop and the role it plays, 50 years and…
Fraunces Tavern Museum Receives Citation From Mayor Adams At Opening Night Gala For “Fraunces Birch Trials” Exhibition
“THE BIRCH TRIALS AT FRAUNCES TAVERN” OPENS AT FRAUNCES TAVERN® MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY…
Why Are There So Few Teachers Who Are Black Men In NYC Schools?
Why are so few Black men teachers in New York City? Amaya McDonald, NYCity News…