He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.

“Clara is tenacious,” says Belinda Dixon, a longtime friend and a 1994 Staten Island Woman of Achievement. “She’s not loud, ...

When Malcolm X came to Smethwick 60 years ago, it was to witness at first hand the racial discrimination being endured by ...

Bob Thiele had already spent three decades in the music business recording legendary jazz and pop artists when he started a ...

C elebrating Women's History Month through food showcases the impact of Black woman-owned restaurants. As restaurateurs, ...

On the day of his visit, Malcolm X was taken to ... was one of the most famous and most polarising figures in the US. Like Martin Luther King, he was a powerful orator, but unlike his contemporary ...

Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025. Major U.S. retailers and grocers — such as Target, Walmart and Kroger — will be open on MLK Day. Wholesale retailers ...

The wake and funeral for civil rights activist and NAACP New York State Conference president Hazel N. Dukes, who died Saturday at age 92 in her Manhattan home, will be next Tuesday and Wednesday in ...

For Robert Garland, longtime company member and now artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem, making his ... assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the previous year, Mitchell ...

Get ready to eat to your heart’s content at one of NYC’s most popular and free food festivals this spring. The Uptown Night Market returns to West 133rd Street ...