Music as a Gateway to Activism By: Peter Ivey and Karetta Crooks Charles “Music is community service in the form of melodies,” so says Jermaine Joseph, better known as “Autarchii”. How simple yet prof…
PUBLISHERS VIBE: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING – PHILOSOPHER – STATESMAN & PATRIOT
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING – PHILOSOPHER – STATESMAN & PATRIOT Can you imagine a world without heroes, a world without those larger than life figures who capture our hearts our minds and our devotion …
Joel Augustus Rogers: Father of Black History
Joel Augustus Rogers: Father of Black History by Marc Albritton W.E.B. DuBois was born in Massachusetts in 1868. In 1895, he was the first Black person to earn a PhD from Harvard and the first Black p…
“DRUMMER LOVE” AT THE SYMPHONY SPACE
“DRUMMER LOVE” AT THE SYMPHONY SPACE NEW YORK— New York. It was time to ‘give the drummer some’ at the Symphony space at 95th Street and Broadway this past Saturday night (2/2/19). The Asase Yaa…
The Mission: To Raise a Nation
The Mission: To Raise a Nation by Marc Albritton On November 2, 1930 Haile Selassie and Menen Asfaw were crowned Emperor and Empress of Ethiopia. At this point in the thousands year history of Ethiopi…
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is a lawyer, writer, and the wife of the 44th President, Barack Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is a lawyer, writer, and the wife of the 44th President, Barack Obama. She was the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Through her four main initia…
THE KARAOKE KING
Hailes Castello.. (Singer, Song Writer,MC, Radio Personality, DJ, KJ and VJ) Former lead Singer of the Band Asterisks was born in New Prospect (Simon), St. Vincent and the Grenadines became very fond …
Are You Ready to Go for Broke?
by Dr. Trina Lynn Yearwood Fifty-five years ago, James Baldwin delivered a powerful and moving speech to NYC teachers. Fifty-five years later, his words are still relevant. As I look at what is happen…
EDUCATION! Education! Education!: From Pyramids to Parking Lots
by: Marc Albritton The Great Pyramids of Egypt rank without contest as the most sophisticated demonstration of organization and technology ever displayed. Humans can build a spacecraft to …
Spirit of the Caribbean
Queens New York- Saturday, August 4th, 2018 under the theme, “Queens is Cool” the spirit of the Caribbean was in full splendor as VP records partner held its first annual Caribbean Community Cultural …
Destruction of Black Communities: “Gentrification by default.”
By Marc Albritton During the early years of the 1900s thriving independent black communities in America such as Greenwood (Black Wall Street), Oklahoma, and Rosewood, Florida was attacked and destroye…
QUEEN MAJESTY ARETHA FRANKLIN
WHEREITZAT SALUTES YOU – THE QUEEN OF SOUL! IN JAMAICA WE HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF SAYING STUFF…. “WE LOVE YOU AND CHERISH THE JOY YOU BROUGHT TO US – NUFF RESPECT!”…
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