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Virginia M. Montague Elected First Woman Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Historic Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

On September 1, 2011, the Mother AME Zion Church, the oldest Black Church in the State of New York elected its first woman chairperson in its 215 year history. Virginia McNeil Montague, currently serving as the President of the Founding Chapter of the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women is very active in her community and her church. Continue reading

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Harlem is…GOSPEL Premieres At The Dwyer

Community Works is set to premiere harlem is…GOSPEL, a new documentary film by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jamal Joseph. The film, which delves into the history of the Harlem Gospel tradition and looks at its current expression… Continue reading

Rangel’s Harlem Supporters Come Out In Force

Supporters of Rep. Charles Rangel said Sunday that the Democratic lawmaker has been punished enough by the House ethics committee’s two-year investigation and should not by censured by the full Congress. Continue reading

350 Years Of History In Harlem!

350 Years of History! 350 Years of Heroism! 350 Years of Harlem!

 

Come join us  Come for a screening of the video documentary

“Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home – The Legacy of the

New York African Burial Ground”, Monday, August 18, 2008, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., James L. Varick Community Center, 151-7 W. 136th Street, (Btwn. Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. and Lenox Ave.), New York, NY 10001

 

SHARE, 100 Black Women and Harlem Preservation Foundation’s will host a public screening and discussion of a documentary film that chronicles the life and times of the first Africans in America! Continue reading