Category Archives: War

Leni Riefenstahl Captures Jesse Owens Dashing Nazi Dreams at the 1936 Olympics

Posted on July 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Jesse Owens, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of slaves, went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and upset Hitler’s visions of Aryan supremacy. Continue reading →

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“Double V” Campaign on 119th Street in Harlem

Posted on July 6, 2012 by | 1 Comment

A “Double V” campaign celebration in 1942 on 119th Street, between Lenox and 7th (now Malcolm X Blvd and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd) in Harlem. Continue reading →

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Descendants Of the USA Colored Troops Celebrate 150th Anniversary of the Civil War In Harlem

Posted on May 22, 2012 by | 1 Comment

The New York Chapter of the Sons & Daughters of the United States Colored Troops inaugural Diaspora Awards held on Saturday, May 19th at the Faison Fire House Theater was a huge success! Continue reading →

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Harlem’s “Miracle Man” Dies A Hero

Posted on May 2, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Foer Hemery and Lourdes German, a return to their old neighborhood came Saturday with tears, smiles and a well-deserved honor for their hero son.

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Peace Party, Poster Art & Calendars

Posted on November 3, 2009 by | Leave a comment


War Resisters League is pleased to invite you to
a launch party for our ’10 Peace Calendar
& a discussion about poster art and politics

Wednesday, November 4
7:30 pm

at the Brecht Forum
451 West St. (btwn Bank & Bethune)
West Village, NYC

 

Luba Lukova & Others TBA

The War Resisters League has just published its 2010 peace calendar, Sparking Change: Poster Art & Politics, featuring 52 posters from artists young and old from around the world. The posters address issues including stopping the war in the Middle East, saving the environment, improving workers’ lives, and securing equal rights for women.—-> Read More http://www.warresisters.org/

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Harlem Church Offers Israel Prayer

Posted on January 6, 2009 by | Leave a comment

World Affairs

A church in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, run by pro-Israel Bishop Carlton Brown, included a special prayer for the Jewish people and the State of Israel in its weekly Sunday prayer on January 4.
 
Brown, who runs an association of 18 churches in New York and serves as Senior Pastor of the Bethel Gospel Assembly, organized the event.

Approximately 1,000 people participated in the special prayer, which was attended by Israel’s Consul-General to New York Assi Shariv and covered by every major New York television station.

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