Milette Millington, Author at Caribbean Life

Cameroon native Yolande Boyom, who created the play/upcoming film “The Road to Freedom,” to bring awareness to human trafficking.

From Cameroon to the stage: Playwright’s debut tackles human trafficking

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of Howard W. French, professor of journalism at Columbia University , in conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and fellow author, about his new book, The Second Emancipation (2025).

Books

NY journalism professor discusses his book on unknown Black History in Brooklyn

By Milette Millington

Self-portrait of Goodwood, Tobago native Shurla Alleyne Tyler, who has lived in Brooklyn for more than a decade.

Trinidad & Tobago

Brooklyn neighbor spreads hope through essential giving

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Ramona Grey-Harris, daughter of Sarah Edwards and niece of Millicent and Lucille Edwards. The three sisters started Edward Sisters Realty Association (ESRA), now known as ESRA Realty LLC, in 1925.

Caribbean

Guyanese family celebrates 100th Anniversary in local business

By Milette Millington

Shoshanna Weinberger, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Montclair, NJ, now lives in Newark, NJ.

Jamaica

Caribbean American artist brings fresh vision to NYC Gallery exhibition

By Milette Millington

The display of the 5 CD box set, released on August 22 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the jazz club Antone's, based in Austin, TX.

Music

Legendary Texas jazz club celebrates 50 years of pushing blues music forward

By Milette Millington

Health

Local organization discusses impact of possible Medicaid cuts for disability community

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of co-directors of “The Ride Ahead Samuel Habib” and his dad, Dan Habib, American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter, and Tony Award-winning actor and The Ride Ahead cast member, Ali Stroker.

Movies

New film highlights life experiences of disabled filmmaker

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Anglo-Nigerian author Nikki May, who lives in the county of Dorset, England.

Books

Queens Public Library spotlights Anglo-Nigerian author’s first book

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Ocean Stokes, who is the senior compliance manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).

News

MTA launches new Lunch and Learn Series for the Disability Community

By Milette Millington

A Google Maps screenshot in street view, taken in October 2024, of Trinbago Express Shipping Services, in Brooklyn.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinbago Express Shipping under fire over delayed deliveries to Tobago

By Milette Millington

From left, Moderator Madeleine McGirk Rutherford, with panelists Hōkū Pavao, Mariana Rosa and Nisha Sajnani, on stage during the “Art & Health Panel: Exploring the Power of the Arts in Health - A Global Perspective,” held at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on July 11, 2025.

Lincoln Center hosts Art and Health Panel as part of Summer Series

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and academic scholar Deborah Archer, in a hybrid conversation with legal scholar James Forman Jr. at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on June 9, 2025.

Books

Deborah Archer: How highways helped segregate America

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of moderator Vann R. Newkirk II, with panelists Dr. Robert Bullard, Ph.D., Jacqueline Patterson, and Kendra Pierre-Louis in conversation at the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on June 4.

The long-term effects of environmental injustice on climate change

By Milette Millington

Haitian American violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.

Music

Violinist brings Haitian heritage and original music to local charter school

By Milette Millington

Trinidad and Tobago natives, musician Etienne Charles and visual artist Miles Regis who are also lifelong friends.

Trinidad & Tobago

Exploring love and Caribbean Diaspora through art and music

By Milette Millington

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