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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