'Freed slaves started first Memorial Day in the U.S.'
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Today marks 70 years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling #BrownvBoard . See more at amsterdamnews.com/brownvsboard

A new permanent exhibit at the Lower East Side’s The Tenement Museum gives a 3-D view of what life was like for Black New Yorkers in the 1860s.
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LaDarrion Williams, who recently spoke to the AmNews in advance of his May 20 appearance at the 92nd Street Y (92NY), shared that he left his Alabama small town on a whim to strike out in pursuit of his lifelong dreams. LaDarrion Williams bit.ly/3UX2ylg

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Thank you, Nadine Matthews at Amsterdam News for letting me talk about Black is King and The Gift Album and BATR!

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AM Dais: criminalizing deed theft in communities of color protecting our communities from con artists. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/05/1… via New York Amsterdam News

Our documentary 'Be-Loved' recently won the 'Digital Video Reporting' Award from the Deadline Club. Click the link to watch the documentary.
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Black to Nature (an initiative of nynews), Deep Water Literary Festival, Catskill @moutainkeeper and The Black Library are proud to collaborate on an inaugural writing competition. “Reflections on Nature”. Get more info here: bit.ly/3WbSxSj

The historic Louis Armstrong Museum in Corona, Queens has earned one of several preservation grants from a National Park Service fund dedicated to preserving African American history.amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/05/0…

Haiti will likely be the focus of global attention in the coming weeks, as the first contingent of peacekeeping troops from Kenya is scheduled to arrive on the island as early as this week.
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PARTNERED CONTENT: Learn how union carpenters & contractors are creating good-paying jobs, so members can afford to live in NYC.' bit.ly/462qKVr

Black to Nature (an initiative of nynews), Deep Water Literary Festival, Catskill @moutainkeeper and The Black Library are proud to collaborate on an inaugural writing competition. “Reflections on Nature”. Get more info here: bit.ly/3WbSxSj

Cuban poet and essayist, Nancy Morejón, National Literature Award 2001, exchanged with journalist Karen J. Carrillo from Amsterdam News New York Amsterdam News. Dialogued on Morejón´s poetry, upcoming projects, & other influential Cuban writers like Nicolás Guillén.

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The Office of the Inspector General for NYPD (OIG) launched an investigation into the social media conduct and policies of the city police force last week after a series of inflammatory posts from leading department officers targeting department critics
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Mary Eliza Mahoney born #OTD 1845. The first Black professional nurse in America. In 1878 she became one of 42 students to join the first official nursing school in the USA. She also campaigned for women's rights bit.ly/4dqk20m #HistNursing #BlackNurses #BlackHistory

Decades after the #BrownvBoard ruling, de facto segregation still persists in public schools nationwide, largely due to local policies and statutes that have long been at fundamental odds with the Supreme Court ruling.
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Black to Nature (an initiative of nynews), Deep Water Literary Festival, Catskill @moutainkeeper and The Black Library are proud to collaborate on an inaugural writing competition. “Reflections on Nature”. Get more info here: bit.ly/3WbSxSj

Cuban poet and critic Nancy Morejón visits New York City amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/05/1…

The uniquely dynamic communal dance event that is DanceAfrica brings its annual celebration of African diasporic culture to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) from May 24–27.amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/05/2…