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Nickelodeon’s Nick News Return With Kids, Race And Unity: A Nick News Special Hosted By Alicia Keys

Nickelodeon’s heralded Nick News marks its return with a special hour-long presentation--Kids, Race, and Unity: A Nick News Special, premiering Monday, June 29, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).Continue reading

Rudy’s World: Juneteenth, Black Lives Matter And More From Harlem To Harare

Photographs by Rudy Collins The African Center hosted a Black Lives Matter ceremony in honor of Juneteenth, Breona Taylor, George Floyd, Eric Garner, Armuad Arbery, and the other lives that matter in Harlem. Continue reading

Protest To Power: Lessons From Newark The Making Of Newark’s First Black Mayor, Ken Gibson

RiseUpNewark.com, the official website, and platform for the study of Newark’s movements for black empowerment, Mayor Ras Baraka.Continue reading

PayPal Announces $530M Commitment To Support Black Businesses, Communities And Inequality

PayPal Holdings, Inc., today announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, to help address economic inequality.Continue reading

Spontaneous Bold, Unabashed Beauty Took East Harlem By Storm This Past Weekend

Our friends at Uptown Grand Central reported in their current newsletter that a dose of spontaneous beauty happened along East 125th Street this past weekend.Continue reading

B.P. Brewer And Council Member Chin Commend Administration For Black Lives Matter Street Naming

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Margaret Chin commended the administration for responding to their request in agreeing to name and paint a section of the Civic Center “Black Lives Matter Way.”Continue reading

NY State Senate Passes Harlem’s Brian Benjamin Bill “Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act”

The New York State Senate today passed Harlem Senator Brian Benjamin’s bill, the "Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act" (S.6670B) prohibiting the use of chokeholds by law enforcement.Continue reading

Families, Rights Groups Demand U.N. Investigate U.S. Police Brutality, Protest Suppression

In an unprecedented move, the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, and Philando Castile, together with over 600 rights groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union and U.S. Human Rights Network.Continue reading

“Let Us All Take a Stand,” The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum Of Art & Storytelling In Harlem

Broadway Housing Communities (BHC) is a community-based nonprofit that pioneers high-impact approaches to the challenges of inequality and homelessness in the underserved New York City neighborhoods of West Harlem and Washington Heights.Continue reading

Etu’s World: When Do We Win The Race?

By Etu Evans "Racism is America's fragrance and mutilated dead black bodies are the trophy of the kill. Hung from trees as strange fruits to drown in blood while breathing. Continue reading

Angela Davis Talks Obama, Trump And Lives That Matter At Skirball Talks

What are the different tools for combating racism today, after Obama’s presidency and the backlash of the Trump regime?Continue reading

Etu’s World: Annual West Indian Labor Day Parade 2018 (Photographs)

By Etu Evans Prepare to be mesmerized by revelers shaking their tail feathers, while gazing at others flaunting neon strapped ensembles to cattle horn headpieces. Continue reading

‘Orange Is New Black’ Actor Arrested In Harlem

Page Six reports that TV actor who has appeared in “Orange is the New Black” and “How to Get Away with Murder” was arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest in Harlem, police said.Continue reading

Coley Mustafa Speaks Talks Family, Acting, Harlem And More On The Danny Tisdale Show

Join Coley Mustafa Speaks, starring in the new Netflix series, Seven Seconds, created by Venna Sun and starring Regina King. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Coley talks school, sports, family, his fave place in Harlem and more, with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show.Continue reading

Coley Mustafa Speaks Stars In Netflix’s SEVEN SECONDS

Coley Mustafa Speaks is starring the new Netflix series, SEVEN SECONDS, created by Veena Sud (The Killing) and starring Regina King. Continue reading