Tag Archives: Rev. Al Sharpton

The Last Poets & Melba Moore Honor Television Pioneer, Ellis Haizlip

Sometimes history is reflected upon in the mirror of time to reveal unsung glories. One such recent revelation has been the rediscovery of the groundbreaking 1968-1973 PBS series, “SOUL!” Continue reading
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“Vote Like Your Life Depends On It” Town Hall Forum Free At The Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater and BET Networks will partner to present “Vote Like Your Life Depends On It”, a FREE community town hall forum to be held at the legendary Apollo on Monday, September 17th at 7:30pm. Continue reading

HW Pick: City Son, By Wayne Dawkins

 

In 1966, a year after the Voting Rights Act began liberating millions of southern blacks, New Yorkers challenged a political system that weakened their voting power. Continue reading

Harlem Funeral of Boy Who Was Shot

As hundreds of people gathered Wednesday night at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem for the funeral of a 4-year-old boy who was killed on a playground in the South Bronx, mourners decried a recent rash of gun violence in New York City that has left two children dead and several wounded. Continue reading

Stop-And-Frisk March Photo Essay By Rudy Collins

The March was powerful in it’s silence. The expressions on the faces conveyed the seriousness of the day as people from all walks of life… Continue reading

Trayvon Martin — Victim Of Bias & Gun-Toting Vigilantism

I wait for an era when young Black men will no longer have to live in fear. Decades after the abolishment of slavery, we were haunted by the reality of being hunted down, beaten and lynched by both everyday citizens and law enforcement. Continue reading

NYC Police Infiltrate Sharpton’s Organization Says HuffingtonPost

The National Action Network (NAN) on 145th Street in Harlem is considering legal action against the New York Police Department in response to allegations that the department spied on the civil rights group and its leader, Rev. Al Sharpton.

The NYPD allegedly planted a confidential informant in NAN’s Harlem headquarters to report on any large-scale protests planned in response to the acquittal of the officers who massacred Sean Bell, an unarmed Black man whom police riddled with bullets and killed right before his wedding in November 2006, veteran police reporter and author Len Levitt reported on HuffingtonPost.com Feb. 13. Continue reading

Harlemites Pay Tribute to Music Icon Whitney Houston

The music diva was mourned at the landmark marquee at the Apollo Theater in Harlem called her “A True Music Icon.” Continue reading

Where Was the Help? Wadleigh Supporters Ask Education Official

A crowd of about 200 community leaders, elected officials and N.A.A.C.P. members turned out Thursday night to oppose the city’s plan to phase out the middle grades of Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Harlem. Continue reading

Rev. Sharptons 10 Tips For Staying Healthy Harlem

Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network on 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, is 57 years old, and weighed more than 300 pounds from the late ’80s through the ’90s. After much needling from his daughters, he changed his diet. Today, he’s taken five inches off his waist and 6% of his body fat, and he’s down to 176 pounds. Continue reading