The Largest Black Parade In America!
The 41st African Day Parade kicks off Sunday September 19, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. in Harlem, NY running from 111th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. to 142nd Street. It features lively music, costumed bands, dance troupes, and dignitaries, attracting hundreds of thousands spectators and participants alike. Last year it [...]
The debate heats up as hundreds of protestors held dual rallies in lower Manhattan – both for and against the building of an Islamic Cultural Center steps from ground zero. Protestors were divided by police into two groups “For” or “Against” the building of the Islamic Center located at 45-47 Park Place, with supporters of [...]
Hundreds of people came out to watch as well as participate in the Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run / NYC Family Health Walk-A-Thon, which took place on Saturday as a part of the Harlem Week celebration. The 5k Run and Walk runs through the streets of Harlem, starting from Edgecombe Avenue at 135st and ending [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama’s and daughters vacation to Spain apparently doesn’t sit too well with critics. They described the trip as lavish and glitzy and Daily News writer, Andrea Tantros went as far as to compare the First Lady to a “modern day Marie Antoinette- the French queen who spent extravagantly on clothes and [...]
HARLEM WEEK 2010:
Theme: “HARLEM Remembers,
Salutes and Celebrates the Children of HAITI
America has Barack Obama and Haiti has Wyclef Jean.
Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer Wyclef Jean arrived in Haiti Thursday to file his candidacy papers and officially announce his bid to run for president of Haiti. Wyclef states the people of Haiti have suffered enough and that his focus will be to rebuild Haiti which was [...]
“I am so so hurt and confused and frankly angry by this news,” said Michaela Angela Davis, a former fashion editor at Essence . “I feel like a girlfriend has died,”
Dumpster diving will now be added as a part of NYC Summer Streets initiative, which is a program that closes off streets in certain parts of Manhattan to allow New Yorkers the freedom to bike, walk, skate, run and swim without the interference of traffic. Yes, dumpster diving! No, not the dumpster diving when [...]
Judge Nicolas Garaufis blocks city’s plan to hire 300 new candidates ruling that FDNY’s latest written exam used (exam No. 6019) still discriminates against Blacks & Latinos and is not a true measure of the abilities required for entry-level firefighters. The ruling also questioned whether there was a need to hire firefighters before the exam [...]
New York City settles with the Sean Bell family and his associates Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield for 7.15 million in the wrongful death shooting. Sean Bell was shot and killed in a hail of 50 bullets by police officers in outside of Club Kalua in Queens on November 26, 2006 just hours before his [...]