The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a movement of the 1920s and ’30s that sought to redefine Black identity through literature, music, painting, photography, and ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the ...

During World War I, they proved they could handle the jobs left by men who'd gone to war; the right to vote helped solidify some women's new position ... The Harlem Renaissance was a major period ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York Common Pantry in East Harlem hands out roughly 60,000 meals each month and serves 300 to 500 families a day. "The rent in New York City is very high, the expenses are ...

Memorial services for Dr. Hazel Dukes, a trailblazing civil rights leader, started Tuesday in Harlem ... of Negro Women. Dukes, known to many as "Ma Dukes," was president of the New York NAACP ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Ever the ambassador for Kansas City, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick had a gleam in his eye as he gushed before a community audience about what could ...

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Watch for a new “Hunger Games” prequel; a quirky romance from Emily Henry; novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ocean Vuong; and more. By Wilson Wong March More than a decade has passed ...

From everyday New Yorkers to prominent political leaders, a long line of mourners poured into the Mother Zion AME Church in Harlem for Dukes' funeral. "Hazel Dukes was the mother of civil rights ...

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Hamed Aleaziz Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos are ping-ponging between New York City and Albany as they divide their time between legislating and ...

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida will display art from Spelman College—a historically black liberal arts college for women located in Atlanta, Georgia. Africa Restored (Cheryl as ...