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Michelle Adams (left), who discussed her debut book, "The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North" (MacMillan, 2025), in an in-person and virtual conversation hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on Jan. 13.

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50 years ago: Why integrating Detroit schools was such a struggle

By Milette Millington

Black history month.

Celebrating Black History Month under the theme ‘African American and Labor’

By Tangerine Clarke

Book cover of "In Open Contempt" by Irvin Weathersby Jr.

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The statuary you see daily may hold secrets

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Renee Hastick-Motes, new CEO of Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center.

Belize

Renee Hastick-Motes named new CEO of Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center

By Nelson A. King

Ravi Ragbir, right, was among the panelists during a panel discussion on immigration in Brooklyn in August 2019. Others in the photo are Elizabeth Rieser-Murphy, Esq., left, and Sonia Lin.

Belize

Clarke welcomes pardon of Trinidadian immigrant rights advocate Ravi Ragbir

By Nelson A. King

Tyriek White, author of “We Are a Haunting” (Astra Publishing House, 2023).

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Queens Public Library hosts talk with Brooklyn author on his debut book

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “Slavery after Slavery” by Mary Frances Berry.

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When slavery was over, but it wasn’t

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Marjorie Parker, president and CEO of JobsFirstNYC, is the first woman of color to lead the organization.

Jamaica

First female immigrant CEO leads JobsFirstNYC in tackling youth employment crisis

By Tracey Khan

Screengrab of Rita Omokha (pronounced O-mo-cah), Nigerian American journalist and author of Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America (St. Martin's Press/MacMillan, 2024).

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Queens Public Library hosts talk with Nigerian author on debut book

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” by Juan Williams.

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The Civil Rights Movement, Part II

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Grenada Consul General to New York Michael Brizan, center, holds plague presented to some members of Quake USA. Spokesperson Cheryl Vincent is at Brizan's immediate right.

Belize

Grenadian-American Ex-Teachers group honors Quake USA, six others at Yuletide Gala

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Ivelaw Griffith and his partner of 40 years, Francille, at a book signing in Manhattan, New York.

Books

Dr. Ivelaw Griffith’s fictional debut examines the impact of drug trafficking in the Caribbean

By Tracey Khan

Book cover of “Building The Worlds That Kill Us” by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz.

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Sniffles? Cough and sneezes? Read this book for your health

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Book cover of “Spirit Crossing” by Williams Kent Krueger.

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Bookworm’s Best of 2024

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Screenshot of Jeanne (she/her) left, and Zinga Fraser (she/her), in conversation at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on Dec. 12.

Barbados

Why the political activism and legacy of Shirley Chisholm matters

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “Resist!” by Rita Omokha.

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The history of never giving up

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

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