Souls Grown Deep And Black-Owned Fashion Brand Paskho Foster Job Creation For Gee’s Bend Quilters
Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership has made a $600,000 investment in Paskho.Continue reading
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
HW Pick: “Sound & Color” By Alabama Shakes (video)
Looking at the NCAA football games today, we love the song "Sound & Color" for the new iPad Pro by the group Alabama Shakes, not Harlem Shakes.
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