Queens DA releases new video showing cold-case killing of off-duty NYC correction officer in plea for leads
The grainy, black and white footage shows victim John Jeff, 28, being killed in a hail of bullets and the alleged assailants ...
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
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The story of the Black ‘Brooklynites’ and their fight for freedom in NYC
Their history is Brooklyn’s history, spanning from the borough’s era as a slaveholding capital in New York and through the ...
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How New York’s Black Leaders Are Trying to Move Past Eric Adams
The mayor has become a national embarrassment, and the city’s Black political leaders are working to line up candidates to ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs was 'singled out' because he's Black, defense says
Federal prosecutors "singled out" Diddy because he is Black, demonstrating "bad faith" and "racial animus" in handling his ...
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NYC’s first Black train conductor broke racial barriers in 1930s
Jotham T. Coleman, whom researchers have little information about, was hired as a conductor by the Independent Subway System ...
White House to Celebrate Black History Month Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Order
The ceremony comes as the Trump administration has pushed to eradicate diversity programs from the government, which some ...
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One way to retain more Black teachers in NYC schools? Black principals, new research finds.
Working at a school with a Black principal reduced turnover by about 14% for Black teachers over a nine year period, NYU ...