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Mitchinson "Mitchie" James's flanked by daughters Hazel Morris, right, sitting on bed, and Angella Taylor, fourth from left (back), along with niece Daphne James, third from left, and other family members

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Vincentian centenarian Mitchinson ‘Mitchie’ James celebrates 107th birthday

By Nelson A. King

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Brooklyn celebrates Black History Month with events honoring culture and history

On the right, its Charlene Gayle, a member of the NYC Mayor Eric Adam’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Advisory Council and the three other ladies on the left are members of the Resorts World NYC Gives holding a sign of a donation made towards the NYSABPRHAL scholarship program and the organization itself.

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Charlene Gayle on advocacy, Jamaican heritage, and the NYSABPRHAL College Scholarship Program

By Orlande Fleury

Black History Month books for kids by various authors and illustrators.

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Black History Month: It’s not just for grown-pps

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Vincentian entrepreneur Dr. Jacqueline James-Lyttle.

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Vincentian named among top 20 women entrepreneurs worldwide to look out for in 2025

By Nelson A. King

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

By Nelson A. King

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