Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership has made a $600,000 investment in Paskho. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Alabama
Harlem’s Willis Nathaniel Huggins, Fordham’s The First Black Student To Receive A PhD
Willis Nathaniel Huggins, February 7, 1886 – July 15?, 1941, was a historian and social activist based in Harlem, NY. Continue Reading →
From Harlem To Harpersville Alabama Must Protect Voters During The COVID-19 Crisis
A federal court issued a decision today that will help protect the health and right to vote of medically vulnerable Alabamians. Continue Reading →
The Harlem Years, The Legendary American Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis F. Scott Key Fitzgerald, September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940, was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, short-story writer, and West Harlem, NY resident. Continue Reading →
“A Winner Never Quits,” Samuel Hargress Jr., The Legendary Owner Of Paris Blues In Harlem
By Olivia Heffernan
Walking into Paris Blues is like entering a time warp, it turns out it actually is. Samuel Hargress Jr., 83, opened the Harlem blues and jazz club in 1969 and it hasn’t changed since. Continue Reading →
Lynching Memorial Leaves Some Quietly Seething: ‘Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’ (Warning Image)
Black men were lynched for “standing around”, for “annoying white girls”, for failing to call a policeman “mister”. Continue Reading →
Ambassador Haley Delivers Remarks At The UN In Remembrance Of The Slave Trade
Harlem has a long history of dealing with the issue of slavery, from Columbia University grappling with it’s ties to slavery to the African Burial ground of slaves in East Harlem. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Ann Lowe The Fashion Designer To First Ladies
Diva Ann Cole Lowe, 1898 – February 25, 1981, was a Harlem resident, American fashion designer and the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Continue Reading →
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