Black History Month News – Caribbean Life

Members of the Macon B. Allen Black Bar Association hosted a powerful BHM commemoration, and honored its 100th Year Anniversary at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows, Corona, on February 19. Pictured from left are Beverly George, Esq.Hon. Janice A. Taylor. Hon. Cassandra A. Johnson, Hon. Lourdes A. Ventura, Hon. Valerie Brathwaite Nelson Regens Jean Baptiste (senior John Jay college) Hon. Nicole A. Mc Gregory Mundy, Jawan Finley, Esq., Hon. Melissa B. Deberry, Hon. Andrea S. Ogle, Hon. Fania Jean, Hon. Ulysses B. Leverett (ret.) and Hon. Marguerite A. Grays.

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Macon B. Allen Black Bar Association commemorates Black History Month 100th Anniversary

By Tangerine Clarke

Jamaican-born Captains Veniece Gayle and Paul Blake lead the NYPD’s 24th Precinct in Upper Manhattan, guiding one of the city’s busiest commands while honoring their Caribbean heritage during Black History Month.

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Jamaican-born NYPD captains lead Manhattan Precinct, inspire a new generation

By Tracey Khan

Leader of the Brooklyn-based Jacqueline Hopkins Choir, Jacqueline Hopkins.

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The Jacqueline Hopkins Choir headlines Black History Month celebration

By Nelson A. King

Sis. Joycelyn King leads United Women of Faith at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church, with organist, pianist, keyboardist Joseph Roberts in foreground.

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FSUMC celebrates Black History Month on Heritage Sunday

By Nelson A. King

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson addressing the Black History Month event.

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Gibson hosts annual Black History Month celebration

By Nelson A. King

A display of Madam CJ Walker, one of the richest Black women to live in the USA

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100 years of Black history lauds Bronx burials and Harlem renaissance

By Vinette K. Pryce

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

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The history of Black history, told in one volume

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Crystal Hudson.

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Crystal Hudson honors Black History

By Nelson A. King

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka in Toyin Ibrahim Adeyeke's “Bigger Than Africa.”

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Bigger Than Africa digs deep into Black History

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn US Representative Hakeem Jeffries.

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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries commemorates Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

The Tenement Museum in Lower Manhattan.

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Tenement Museum celebrates Black History Month with special family program

By Nelson A. King

Professor Simanique Moody of Brooklyn College lights the Mishumaa Saba Candles during a pre-Kwanzaa commemoration in partnership with Marine Park Alliance and Brooklyn College, last Saturday at Carmine Carro Community Center in Brooklyn.

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Black History Month 2026 commemorates a century of celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson.

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Bronx Borough Prez celebrates Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Canarsie Lions and participants at the Second Annual Black History Month Celebration.

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Brooklyn Canarsie Lions celebrate Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

Sunday School Superintendent Jamaican Sis. Gail Murray leads Sunday School Students with a Black History Moment.

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Massive celebration of Black History Month on Heritage Sunday at FSUMC

By Nelson A. King

The Reverend Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, a priest at Trinity Church in New York City, delivers a sermon on Absalom Jones’s legacy and the collective responsibility to fight for justice.

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A Legacy of Faith: Celebrating the First Black Episcopal Priest

By Nelson A. King

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