Founders’ Day: One Hundred Black Men to induct 33
The Founding Chapter of One Hundred Black Men (OHBM) will induct a historic class off 33 new members today in New York City. OHBM Founder, David N. Dinkins…
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AN INVITATION TO CELEBRATE KWANZAA AT CEMOTAP
Sister Betty J. Dopson. Photo: YouTube CEMOTAP will begin to bring the year to an end with its annual pre-Kwanzaa celebration where families are treated to a delightful…
Support My NYC Marathon Run and Fight Cancer
Greetings all: It's the NYC Marathon and I'm running. My run will benefit my cancer bereavement group. The marathon is this week - Sunday, November 5th. I'm raising…
Mudslide Disaster: Show Your Love For Sierra Leone!
Inez and Charles Barron While we take down racists confederate statues --and we should-- protest, mourn and support the tragic deaths in Barcelona, Spain and Charlottesville, Virginia --and…
Steven McDonald Forgave Through the Pain — De Blasio
Steven McDonald. Photo: ABC7 Chicago Detective Steven McDonald died on January 10, 2017 at the age of 59. He was shot and paralyzed on July 12, 1986 while…
Executed: How Deborah Danner Predicted Her Death at Hands of Police
As far as Ed Mullins is concerned no Black person has ever been wrongfully killed by police Last week’s killing of Deborah Danner, in the Bronx, is one…
John Steptoe Honored With Street Renaming
Bweela Steptoe in the middle holding the sign with her father's name. Her twin daughters Asha on the left and Ayanna on the right holding Proclamations given to…
CEMOTAP’S TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GIL NOBLE
It was a tiny room without windows, yet it was on the 16th floor, smack-dab in the middle of teeming New York City’s Columbus Circle. A storage space…
New York Urban League’s 51st Frederick Douglass Awards
Former NYC mayor David Dinkins with Arva Rice: Photo by Margot Jordan The New York Urban League held its 51st Anniversary Frederick Douglass Dinner on Tuesday, May 19…
Akai Gurley’s family deserves justice
Peter Liang Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson’s recommendation of probation for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang in the death of Akai Gurley is a deep injustice and insult…