By Marc W. Polite Greetings, my readers! On Saturday, June 17th, 2023 the Fifth Annual Schomburg Literary Festival will take place. Located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, the festival will […]
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Black Future Newstand Goes Live in Harlem Throughout Juneteenth Week
Black Future Newsstand: An Afrofuturist Media Experience Goes Live in Harlem Throughout Juneteenth Week Harlem — This Juneteenth, the Black Thought Project and Media 2070 will join forces to unveil […]
Read moreSecond Annual Pinkster Celebration Begins May 27th!
Contrary to popular sentiment, Pinkster, not Juneteenth, is the longest-running African American holiday in the United States. Founded in the 17th century in the Mid-Hudson Valley (90 minutes north of New […]
Read moreMetropolitan Black Bar Association to Host 39th Annual Gala May 19th 2023
The Metropolitan Black Bar Association will host their 39th Anniversary Awards Gala – “Expanding Our Reach: Prominence. Presence. Professionalism”. The spring Gala will be hosted by the award-winning WNBC anchor […]
Read moreDiasporic Visions: Celebrating Black Speculative Fiction This Weekend at Medgar Evers College
By Marc W. Polite Greetings to all of my readers. This weekend, The National Black Writers Conference will convene at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. Hosted by the Center for […]
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