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FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks at a rally calling for an end to predatory lending practices and home foreclosures held outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 10, 2007.

People

‘Somebody’ wants to ‘keep hope alive’

By Vinette K. Pryce

FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks at a rally calling for an end to predatory lending practices and home foreclosures held outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 10, 2007.

People

Caribbean community, pols pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson

By Nelson A. King

Walter T. Mosely, Lenny Singletary and Mae Thomas.

People

Brooklyn civic leader Mae Thomas, 108, remembered as Bed-Stuy mainstay

By Nelson A. King

The late Sybil Teresa Smith, 98, left, with loving son Roger Gary during one of their many outings in Brooklyn. She was laid to rest on Jan.28, after passing away on Jan. 21, 2026.

Guyana

Designer Roger Gary mourns mother Sybil Teresa Smith, 98

By Tangerine Clarke

Dr. Gladys Brown West, a Global Positioning System pioneer.

People

Sunshine Awards pays tribute to GPS pioneer Dr. Gladys Brown West

By Nelson A. King

Stephen "Cat" Coore.

Music

Honoring Cat Coore

By Nelson A. King

People

Tommy, publisher of the city’s only daily Black newspaper, passes at 88

By Vinette K. Pryce

Founder and chairman of the Teaneck, NJ-based Sunshine Awards, Gilman “Gil” T. Figaro, Sr.

Trinidad & Tobago

UTT names Sunshine Awards founder Honorary Distinguished Fellow

By Nelson A. King

Kat Files.

People

WAM Coalition Awards set for this Saturday

By Nelson A. King

Guyanese-born US military veteran Shellone Grant has been a Zumba dance instructor for 12 years.

Guyana

Kindness in motion: Healing through dance

By Milette Millington

Jamaica Consul General to New York Alsion Roach Wilson.

Jamaica

Jamaica Consulate General NY announces funeral for CG Alsion Roach-Wilson

By Nelson A. King

Pastor Neithe E. Soleyn, center, with family members flank her birthday cake.

People

Grand 80th Birthday Gala for beloved Brooklyn pastor

By Nelson A. King

The roof of El Greko kitchen in Montego Bay, Jamaica destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaica

Surviving Melissa: How ChatGPT helped us weather Jamaica’s Category 5 fury

By Gardy Charles

Vincentian academic and community leader Sherill-Ann Mason-Haywood at the Head Table during a Gala Luncheon and Scholarship Awards ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens, marking St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ 46th Anniversary of Political Independence from Great Britain.

Vincentian academic and community leader urges nationals to do more for nation-building

By Nelson A. King

Veteran honorees display proclamation with New York State Assembly Member Stefani L. Zinerman, center, and NYC Department of Veterans' Services Commissioner James W. Hendon, to her immediate left.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn celebrates veterans, families with parade and resource fair

By Nelson A. King

Lead pastor of Liberty Bible Fellowship Church in Ozone Park Queens, Joseph Persaud and wife, First Lady Rachael Persaud cut the cake during the pastor's 60th Birthday celebration, and the renewing of their 35th wedding anniversary in the ballroom of the elegant Crescent Beach Club in Bayville Long Island, on Nov. 7, 2025.

Guyana

Queens Pastor Joseph Persaud honored at joyous 60th birthday celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

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