Honoring Juneteenth Through Black Literature, African Dance And Rainstick Making In East Harlem
In the words of Fredrick Douglass, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
In the words of Fredrick Douglass, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
The first widely publicized observance of a Memorial Day-type observance after the Civil War was in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 1, 1865.
Today, Charter Communications, Inc. announced it will expand its carriage of AspireTV, Black News Channel, Impact Network, REVOLT TV, The Africa Channel, TV One and CLEO TV, to include all customers on the company’s Spectrum TV Select video tier.
The Getty Research Institute has acquired The Whitney and Lee Kaplan African American Visual Culture Collection.
Samuel Jesse Battle, January 16, 1883 – August 7, 1966, was an American police officer and the first African-American New York City Police Department officer, sworn in on March 6, 1911.
Swann Galleries’ on Thursday, March 24, 2022, sale Printed Manuscript & African Americana sale will feature important material, from slavery through the civil rights era and into the current period.
In our continued effort to transform narratives about Africa, its Diaspora, and the role of people of African descent in the world.
Colin Luther Powell, April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021, was an Harlemite politician, diplomat, statesman, and four-star general who served as the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005.
On Saturday, October 9th, 2021, Seitu was at the New York African Council Fundraiser for Mayor Candidate Eric Adams in the Bronx, NY.
“We are beyond thrilled with the results of the Thursday, October 7, 2021, auction, which was a historic sale for Swann Galleries: our first auction to hammer over $4 million.
Using state-of-the-art imaging technology, Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership in collaboration with The University of Alabama is digitally documenting and preserving African Village in America.
Harlem‘s Vertner Woodson Tandy, May 17, 1885 – November 7, 1949, was an American architect.
The fall sale of African American Art is at Swann Galleries Thursday, October 7, 2021, with market—and house—favorites returning to the auction.
The Southampton African American Museum (SAAM) held a summer party chaired by New York philanthropist, author, and TV host Jean Shafiroff, and her husband, Martin Shafiroff.
Rose Meta Morgan began a beauty empire in Harlem, NY, during the 1940s and quickly became a powerhouse in the field and a doyenne of African American high society.