Lifestyle
Faith-Based Cardiovascular Education Program Helps Congregations Become Heart Smart
Before Reverend Dr. Rose Ellington Murray became a HeartSmarts Ambassador, she wasn’t practicing what she was preaching when it came to her health. As a health care professional, she knew the importance of taking care of her body, but it wasn’t until she began teaching the HeartSmarts curriculum to her congregation in Harlem that she
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What They See Is What They’ll Be….100 Black Men, Inc.
The Civil-Rights Movement was in its infancy in 1954 when Robert Mangnum became the youngest person, at 32, and the second black person to be named a deputy police commissioner in New York City. Mangnum was committed to “justice for all.” In February 1958, Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy reprimanded him for “impulsive and improper
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THE HARLEM FINE ART SHOW: It’s Not Just A Black Thing
Art is an intellectual and cultural asset for every culture. Like history, it is the memory of a people. Not long ago, it was difficult to find black art in the mainstream, commercial market. The Harlem Fine-Art Show (HFAS), the premier fine-art exhibition presenting original artwork grounded in the African diaspora, has become a major
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Public Safety, Public Justice
The term “crisis” is represented in written Chinese by the characters for “danger” and “opportunity.” This accurately describes the state of tension between America’s racial and ethnic minorities and the police and between our criminal justice system and a growing portion of the American public. The “danger” from destructive action stimulated by irresponsible demagogues is
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Langston Hughes’s Birthday
To honor the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Google uploads a doodle to their homepage as a homage to his birthday. Click on the link below to check it out! Happy Birthday Langston Hughes!
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Walter Mosley, Recipient of the 2014 Langston Hughes Medal
In honor of the poet laureate of Harlem, 2014 marked the 29th annual award ceremony and 40th year of the Langston Hughes Festival, hosted by the City College of New York (CCNY) in Harlem. Each year the award goes to a Black writer whose work has lasting impact and is in line with the democratic,
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