Claude Lewis, one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists and a Harlem native, has died at the age of 82, his family says. Continue reading
The “After Death, A Psychological Coup” A Talk At The Schomburg In Harlem
Malcolm X wrote that Fidel Castro “achieved a psychological coup over the U.S. State Department when it confined him to Manhattan, never dreaming that he’d stay uptown in Harlem and make such an impression among the Negroes.”Continue reading
125th Street From 6th Avenue, Harlem, New York 1891 (Update)
A great print image from 125th Street from 6th Ave. Looking West (aka Lenox Avenue, and today Malcolm X), Harlem, New York, 1891.
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When Harlem Welcomed Castro And Cubans, NY, 1960
When Cuba’s delegation arrived in New York City in September 1960 to attend the United Nations General Assembly, the Eisenhower administration had already stopped Cuba’s sugar exports to the U.S. Continue reading
Honoring the Legacy of Black Women Radicals In Harlem
Black women who were at the forefront of the Black Revolt in the 1960s have been omitted from history books. Now the time is ripe to recover their stories.Continue reading
“In Search Of Nat Turner” In Each One Of Us In Harlem
By Sylviane Diouf
From Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and Ossie Davis to Alice Walker, Kanye West and Nate Parker, Nat Turner has captured many people’s imagination. Continue reading
Harlem’s Khalid “Amir” Yasin, 1946 – Present
Khalid Yasin (also known as Abu Muhammad and Abu Muhammad Khalid Yasin) born in 1946 is an American convert from Christianity to Islam who lives in Manchester, England and lectures in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.Continue reading
5 Art Picks From The HW Collection For Summer
For those summer days when you want some new art collectibles for the redo on those home walls and you can't decide between prints and painting, or maybe find your medium ground in a photograph. Shop our curated faves for the summer.Continue reading
Women Speak About Malcolm X At The Schomburg In Harlem
Annual celebration of the birthday of Malcolm X/Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, in collaboration with the Malcolm X Museum will feature an all-women panel.Continue reading
De Blasio Finds Inspiration From Malcolm X In Harlem
NY Post reports that Mayor de Blasio told a packed Harlem church Sunday that he took the inspiration for adopting his mother’s maiden name from the “Autobiography of Malcolm X.”Continue reading
Souleo: Dreaming Of Kin Explores The Lack Family Narrative
By Souleo
Leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X occupy a permanent space within the black historical narrative. Continue reading
‘Malcolm X: Liberation Faith Leader’ At The Schomburg In Harlem
In collaboration with the Malcolm X Museum, this year's commemoration of the assassination of Malcolm X will focus on the intersections of his legacy as a liberation faith leader and human rights activist.Continue reading
HW Pick: Grace Lee Boggs: American Revolutionary
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is holding a free encore screening of the documentary film, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 6:30pm, to commemorate the incredible life and work of Grace Lee Boggs.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
The Hotness: Black Power Without Black Women Is Weak
By Nicole Moore
When most people think about Malcolm X they immediately think of Black manhood leading to associations of Black power tied exclusively to the work of Black men.Continue reading
