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Dr. Sharon McLennon-Wier (left), who is blind, and Mike Schweinsberg (right). McLennon-Weir is the executive director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY), and Schweinsberg is the director of the 504 Democratic Club. They are two of the participants in the disability forum held on April 28.

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Local forum discusses future of citywide agency for the disabled

By Milette Millington

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‘A Terrible Intimacy’: Feel like a real true-crime solver with this fascinating historical account

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Community Board 9 Chairperson Sherry Algredo (left) presented Dr. Veronica Wiltshire (center) with an Award for her outstanding work in medicine and community service, as Dhanpaul Narine looks on, at a May 2 Honoring Hometown Heroes presentation by the Queens Book Fair.

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Queens Book Fair honors hometown heroes at Queens Library

By Tangerine Clarke

Book cover of "The War Within a War" by Wil Haygood.

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Hey, LBJ! Here’s a book you should read today

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of "Arsenio" by Arsenio Hall with Alan Eisenstock.

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Talk as calling: Arsenio Hall’s cultural journey

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Books for Poetry Month.

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Time for a rhyme? Take a look at these books!

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to ‘90s Sitcoms” by Geoff Bennett.

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Grab your sides, get ready to LOL with this great book

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love” by Ethelene Whitmire.

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The things we do for love

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Eleen Ackie author of “Adam Goes to the Sunshine Corner Store.”

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Eleen Ackie pens children’s book inspired by 9-year-old son

By Nelson A. King

The cover "Shut Up and Read," by Jeannine A. Cook.

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A book to read, quietly. A book to read, then shout about it.

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Books for Women’s History Month by various authors.

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Put women into the historical record this month with these books

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Screen grab of Dr. Rebecca Hall (top), in conversation with Kyle Mays (bottom), about the new edition of her father Harry Haywood's book "Negro Liberation" (2026), for which she wrote the foreword.

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Historic book on effects of slavery gets a new perspective

By Milette Millington

Black History Month books for adults.

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Celebrate, study, remember: Black History anytime

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Screenshot of Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and author Eugene Robinson (left), with moderator Darren Walker, president of the National Gallery of Art (NGA).

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Pulitzer winner talks new American history

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “I’ll Make Me a World” by jarvis R. Givens.

Black History Month

The history of Black history, told in one volume

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of the “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery” by Brooke N. Newman.

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British Monarchy’s hidden hand in slavery, revealed

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani with Assembly candidate Brian Romero. Photo via Brian Romero.

Mamdani endorses slate of Queens candidates for state Legislature

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