Legendary Visual Artist Betye Saar Part Of ‘AfroPoP’ Shorts Collection On WORLD Channel
We love Betye Saar's work and her daughter Alison's "Harriet Tubman," memorial sculpture in Harlem.Continue reading
Black Heroes, A Black History Book For Kids, 51 Inspiring People From Ancient Africa To Modern-Day U.S.A.
Meet extraordinary black heroes throughout history―biographies for kids ages 8 to 12.Continue reading
The Schomburg Center Announces Finalists For The Lapidus Center’s 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is happy to announce the three finalists for the 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize.Continue reading
How To Tune Up Your Leadership
By Greg Thomas
Each person reading this post is an instrument. Sound, frequency, and vibrations come through you, right?Continue reading
Join The National Black Theatre 125th Street Pop-Up Dance Take Over In Harlem
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
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