Excerpt from the New Film, Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee,
to Premiere
Stars will align to fete legendary actress Ruby Dee on the occasion of her 90th birthday and the premiere of an excerpt of a new documentary about her life on Wednesday, November 14. Continue reading
Posted in HArlem theater, Harlem Theatre
Tagged Angela Bassett, Ankh Ra Amenhetep, Billye Aaron, Courtney Vance, Gina Belafonte, Glynn Turman, Harry and Pamela Belafonte, Harry Belafonte, James A. Forbes, Jeffrey Wright, Khephra Burns, Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee, Malik Yoba, Mayor David Dinkins, Micki Grant, Pete Seeger, Rev. James A. Forbes and Betty Forbes, Ruby Dee, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Susan L. Taylor, the Reverend Calvin O. Butts
Residents, politicians, family,residents and friends attend the street naming in honor of the late Judge Bruce Wright Adam Clayton Blvd., and 138th Street … Continue reading
Posted in Harlem politics
Tagged Adam Clayton, Council, David Dinkins, Inez Dickens, John Liu, Mayor, Mayor David Dinkins, Street or road name
Former Mayor David Dinkins isn’t buying the notion that you can only see Harlem’s political clout in the rear-view mirror.
Or that today’s crop of Harlem politicians doesn’t measure up to Dinkins and fellow members of the so-called “Gang of Four” that long dominated Harlem politics. Continue reading
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, left, and NAACP official Hazel Dukes, right, sit next to Rev. Al Sharpton, center, as he address the media after meeting with the local political base to discuss the future political life of New York State Governor David Patterson Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Silvia’s in Harlem. State and local politicians, and community leaders who attended the meeting stand behind Sharpton.
Adapted from a AP photo by Stephen Chernin.
Posted in Harlem
Tagged David Patterson, Hazel Dukes, Mayor David Dinkins, Rev. Al Sharpton, Silvias'
Politics
Rep. Charles Rangel’s ongoing ethics probe is taking a serious toll – on his campaign war chest.
In the last three months of 2009 alone, Rangel shelled out $574,348 on lawyers, according to his latest federal election filings. That’s 84% of his total campaign spending during the same period.
Ever since Rangel ran afoul of several ethical rules last year – from unreported income on a Dominican Republic villa to using office letterhead to raise money – his five teams of lawyers have chewed through campaign cash faster than Rangel can raise it.
During all of 2009, Rangel raised about $1.3 million, but spent more than $1.5 million on lawyers out of the $2.2 million he spent in total. Continue reading
Landmarks Omission
African-Americans have been making history in New York for centuries, but you’d never know it from the roster of city landmarks and historic districts. Historic preservation in the city’s black neighborhoods is a struggle against snobbery – and local leaders bent on development. Michael Henry Adams is an interloper among the gods and goddesses of New York City’s landmarks world. Continue reading
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