“AfroFuturism”: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy Panel Discussion Word Up! Words and expressions can have a heyday. They can be buzzworthy. Extra popular. Used frequently and with special emphasis. In recent years, but... Read More
African-American history
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s NBT-Russian Partnership 12 min read The Seasoned Woman Speaks Dr. Teer’s National Black Theatre at Fifth Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem New York, stood as a sacred space... Read More
U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters Queen Mother of Politics When Deomcratic U.S. House of Representative Maxine Moore Waters spoke out about the George Floyd murder she spoke with with clarity... Read More
The NCBR and the NBTF’s Queen Mother Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin Remembering an Angel Rising After earning a Bachelor’s in Education, Sylvia taught in public school briefly. Then she received a Master’s in Library Science and... Read More
Alma Vessells John the quintessential community Queen Mother Alma Vessells John, revered in the Harlem community as “Sister John”, was born on September 27, 1906, and grew up in South Philadelphia in a... Read More
Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Jan. 17, 1964 on Chicago’s South Side to a homemaker and a factory worker. Watching her father struggle with... Read More
Sidney Poitier the Actor, Scholar, Gentleman and Diplomat Someone like us on the silver screen I was 11 years old when Sidney Poitier filmed Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”. When I saw... Read More
Sun Ra and his Arkestra then (1992) and now (2022) When the 2022 Afrofuturism series was announced by Carnegie Hall, I scrolled eagerly through the rather eclectic line-up of the festival. I was hoping it... Read More