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M/WBE Elite Builders Awarded Ornamental Steel Package For 125th Street In Harlem

Elite Builders & Management (“EBM”), a New York-based M/WBE design-build company specializing in ornamental, structural, and miscellaneous steel, has been retained by L+M Development Partners.Continue reading

Gov. Cuomo Announces Groundbreaking For National Urban League Headquarters In Harlem

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the groundbreaking for the National Urban League's new headquarters in Harlem.Continue reading

A Group Of Companies Ink Lease That Brings First Trader Joe’s In Harlem NY

The Prusik Group, BRP Companies, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Partners have signed a 28,000-square foot lease with Trader Joe’s Continue reading

Philo Donates $1 Million Dollars In Ad Impressions To Harlem Fashion Row, The Urban League And Others

Popular entertainment and lifestyle streaming TV service, Philo, is proud to announce its commitment to support Black-owned businessesContinue reading

The National Urban League And Others New Development On Harlem Mains Street

Harlem's National Urban League is moving to 121 West 125th Street on Harlem‘s "Mains Street" as part of a $242 million development. Continue reading

Join Harlem’s Dapper Dan, Rev Al Sharpton And Others At The National Urban League Annual Conference

Join the 2019 Harlem-based National Urban League Annual Conference Getting 2 Equal: United Not Divided in Indianapolis, Indiana from July 24-27, 2019.Continue reading

Harlem Legend Cicely Tyson And Others Kick Off 25th Anniversary Of The ESSENCE Festival

On Monday, June 10th, 2019, ESSENCE and AT&T kicked-off the countdown to the 25th Anniversary of the ESSENCE Festival with a celebration that honored the power of human connectivity and chronicling the remarkable achievements within the Black experience.Continue reading

Harlem’s Ron Brown, The First Black US Secretary Of Commerce And Chair Of The DNC

Ronald H. Brown, August 1, 1941 – April 3, 1996, was an American politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Continue reading

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 22nd Annual Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Economic Summit Returns

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund will host its 22nd Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, February 20 - February 22, 2019, at The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel.Continue reading

Ohio: National Urban League Hosts Epic Conference (Photographs)

The National Urban League hosted its annual conference in Columbus, OH this month for thousands of thought-leaders, activists and progressives.Continue reading

Civil Rights Groups Speak Out Against Proposed Freeze On Uber And Lyft In Harlem

Business Insider reports that Civil rights groups joined Uber and Lyft in their fight against the New York City Council's proposed plan to place a cap on the number of vehicles that ride-share services can operate in the city.Continue reading

Columbus: The Urban League And Google Pop-Up Lab

Google is taking part in the National Urban League Conference, taking place Wed, August 1 through Saturday, August 4th, 2018, in Columbus, OH.Continue reading

Washington DC: TV One & The National Urban League Present ‘State of Black America’ Town Hall Coming

TV One and the National Urban League (NUL) discussed the present and future conditions facing black America on Tuesday evening at a Town Hall held at The Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. Continue reading

“Down The Up Staircase: Three Generations Of A Harlem Family,” Beauty And Tragedy

This thoughtful and sobering memoir weaves the beauty and tragedy of Haynes’s family story into the complex history of Harlem. Haynes (Red Lines, Black Space) employs the book as a record, a way to secure the knowledge of his family’s contributions to African-American history. Continue reading

Digging Up The Past: Commemorating 90 Years Of The Schomburg

In 1926, the Carnegie Corporation awarded The New York Public Library a grant to acquire the invaluable personal collection of Arturo A. Schomburg. Continue reading