Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) closes out its golden anniversary season with the world premiere of 125th & FREEdom, a five-hour public performance dance project by Ebony Noelle Golden this June. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Harriet Tubman
Addressing The Lack Of Diversity In Public Monuments In City Parks With Council Hearing
The Committees on Women, Parks, and Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, chaired by Council Members Helen Rosenthal, Barry Grodenchik, and Jimmy Van Bramer, Continue Reading →
Why Someone Was Dead Wrong For Defiling Harriet Tubman Statue With A ‘Pink Pussy Hat’ In Harlem
On Saturday, as an estimated 1 million people took part in the Women’s March in cities all over the country, someone defiled a statue of Harriet Tubman in Harlem by putting a pink pussy hat on top of the legend’s head. Continue Reading →
CBS’s Bill Whitaker’s Harlem History Is The North Star Of His Journalism
Longtime CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker said journalists must remain free to “hear the dispossessed, free to challenge the status quo,” and “free to present truth to the powerful.” Continue Reading →
Gayle, Our Favorite King Answers The Proust Questionnaire
The Harlem fave, CBS co-anchor, editor-at-large of O Magazine, and Oprah B.F.F., Gayle King talks about her greatest fears, greatest regrets and spending some Tubmans. Continue Reading →
HW Pick: Harriet Tubman First African-American On U.S. Currency
Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency, and the first woman in more than a century, when she replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Continue Reading →
Annual Africana Traditions Conference With A Harlem’s Hubert Harrison Talk
This second Annual Philosophy and Religion in Africana Traditions conference will explore the struggle for liberation of African descendant peoples as demonstrated through the instrumentalities of the philosophical and religious imaginations. Continue Reading →