Harlem

‘Summer of Soul,’ a look back at the pulsating 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

July 23, 2021 By Anthony Mangos

Music scene of the late sixties and early seventies was a zenith for the many styles of which African were a part.

Black queer socialist makes history, winning Democratic primary in Harlem

July 9, 2021 By Justine Medina

Kristin Richardson Jordan overcame smears and homophobic attacks and declared victory in the city’s District 9.

Harlem’s 1946 fight against South African starvation foreshadowed anti-apartheid struggle

February 24, 2021 By W. Alphaeus Hunton

The fight to save Black South Africans from starvation in 1946 foreshadowed the major struggles against apartheid that would define the decades to come.