To celebrate Black History Month, the Lewis Latimer House Museum proudly announces Latimer’s Legacy Contests for K-12 students. The contests pay homage to the extraordinary legacy of Lewis Latimer—an African-American inventor, poet, and artist! “We invite students to channel their … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Six months after opening their Café in Harlem, Ginjan bothers Mohammed and Ibrahim Diallo celebrated their first Black History Month on February 27, 2020. Entertainment was provided by DJ NESS, a local artist named Jhodge, and … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray honored actress S. Epatha Merkerson during their annual Black History Month Celebration held on February 25, 2020 at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. S. Epatha … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell A Taste of Africa USA celebrated Black History Month with an African Popup Festival on February 22, 2020 at MIST Harlem. The African Festival featured food tastings, vendors, live cultural performances, DJ Sets with Afrobeats, a … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Greater New York Chamber of Commerce honored NY Army National Guard Major General Nathaniel James, Counsel to Governor Cuomo Alphonso David, NAACP NYC Chapter President Hazel Dukes, radio personality Denise Richardson and Vice President of Mercy … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer hosted the Manhattan Black History Month Activism Awards, honoring five young black activists fighting for justice on a variety of fronts in New York and across the country on February … Read More
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By Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer honored Michael J. Garner, chief diversity officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Regina Wilson, firefighter and first female president of the Vulcan Society and Valeisha Butterfield-Jones, CEO of Women … Read More
] By Isseu Diouf Campbell New City Comptroller Scott Stringer hosted a Black History Month event honoring a trailblazer from each borough on February 24, 2014, at Long Island University in Brooklyn. Honorees included: – Joseph Thompson, Bronx resident and … Read More
Cameroonian singer Kaïssa By Isseu Diouf-Campbell To commemorate Black History Month this year, the Brooklyn Museum went back to where everything started, Africa, with an evening dedicated to the continent on February 2, 2013. The Target First Saturdays event included concerts … Read More
Honorees Ramona Roopnarine of NYC & Company, Natalie Y. River of NYC Housing Authority, Christine Norman of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and Gwendolyn Hopkins of the Department of Education By Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Bloomberg hosted a reception … Read More
Honoree Sue Simmons with Janice Huff and Ronald McDonald By Isseu Diouf Campbell As of a tradition that started 11 years ago, the McDonald’s New York Tri-State area kicked off Black History Month on February 1, 2013 at the Plaza … Read More
David N. Dinkins with members of the Tuskegee Airmen By Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Bloomberg hosted a reception in honor of Black History Month on February 1, 2012 at Gracie Mansion. Members of the Tuskegee Airmen and the first black … Read More
