Harlem Times Staff

NYC Kids RISE, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, and Brooklyn Community Foundation make $1.2 Million investment in students of communities with the city’s highest proportion of Black students Brooklyn, NY — At P.S. 276 in Canarsie, the Mayor’s Office of Equity, the NYC Department of  Education, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, and Brooklyn Community Foundation, together  with […]

Vangeline Theater announces a Fundraising Gala on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 8pm at Temple NYC, Brooklyn. Proceeds from the gala will support sending dancers to Houston, Texas, from February 6-10, 2023 to make history conducting a pilot study for The Slowest Wave – the first neuroscientific study of Butoh. The evening will feature performances

Miami, November 22, 2022 – In time for Art Basel, EAST Miami will become home to a selection of historic 1980s graffiti works curated by Museum of Graffiti. Set to be unveiled in the hotel’s lobby on November 29th and displayed until December 31st, the exclusive collection features works by 1980s street legends who were

By Daniel Rose In a society currently abounding in moral, intellectual and spiritual pygmies, and with painfully few appropriate role models and mentors after whom young people of high aspirations can pattern themselves, the exemplary life of Franklin A. Thomas merits widespread acknowledgement and discussion. Thomas’ excessive personal modesty, reflected in his invariable insistence in

August 1, 2022 – Brooklyn, New York – J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s inaugural Black Wealth Initiatives Forum was held this year in Brooklyn, New York, marking the one-year anniversary of the program’s launch. More than 100 Black advisors, analysts and presenters from across the country attended the Forum at JPMorgan Chase’s MetroTech Center in Brooklyn,

By HRM Queen Mother Sêmévo Dr. Dòwòti Désir I am a Kpodjito – a Woman King. A member of the Haut Conseil des Rois du Bénin (the High Council of Kings of Bénin) and a descendant of the Kingdom of Danxome (Dahomey/the Republic of Bénin). The historical drama, “The Woman King,” recently opened. From the

by Michael Oliva The W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation recently unveiled plans and renderings for a redeveloped W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Complex, located in Accra, Ghana, and designed by Sir. David Adjaye, the internationally acclaimed architect of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. On Sunday, September 18th, dignitaries including Ghana Tourism Minister