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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
Posted in Art, Harlem art, Harlem dance, HArlem theater, Harlem Theatre, Harlem World, Harlem World Magazine, Souleo
Tagged Abiodun Oyewole, Abyssinian Development Corporation, african american, African American art, Al Sharpton, Apollo Theater, BET Networks, Blackball: Illuminating Negro leagues Baseball, Dr. Loretta Young, Ellis Haizlip, Harlem, Harlem Arts Alliance, Harlem Black Yankees, Melba Moore, Negro League baseball, Oyewole, Rev. Al Sharpton, Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets
“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
Posted in Activism, Harlem, Harlem politics, Harlem World, Harlem World Magazine, Politics
Tagged Al Sharpton, Apollo, Apollo Uptown Hall Series, apollotheater, BET Network, BET Vote 2012 campaign, Black Entertainment Television, Elinor Tatum, Harlem, James Braxton Peterson, James Brown, JONELLE PROCOPE, Keli Goff, Michael Eric Dyson, Michael Jackson, New York Amsterdam News, Rev. Al Sharpton, T.J. Holmes, Vote Like Your Life Depends On It
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
Posted in Books, Brooklyn, Media, Politics
Tagged Al Sharpton, Andrew W. Cooper, Brooklyn, City Son, City Sun, Crown Heights, Earl Caldwell, Howard Beach, Mayor Koch, New York Daily News, Rev. Al Sharpton, Shirley Chisholm, Spike Lee, Tawana Brawley, The Caldwell Chronicle, The New York Amsterdam News, The New York Times, Trans Urban News Service, Voting Rights Act, Wayne Dawkins, WBAI
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
Posted in crime, HArlem crime, Harlem shooting, Harlem World, Harlem World Magazine, Rucker Park, Shooting
Tagged Al Sharpton, Brooklyn, Brownsville, Cassel Brooks, Harlem, Kemar Brooks, Kristie Hill, Lawrence West, Lloyd Morgan Jr., Lorraine Fluellen-McMorris, Mount Neboh Baptist Church, New York City, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rucker Park, Shianne Norman, Troynisha Harris
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
Posted in crime
Tagged Emmett Till, National Action Network, Rev. Al Sharpton, Trayvon Martin
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
Tagged Al Sharpton, CNBC, COINTELPRO, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., FBI’s Counter Intelligence Program, Franklyn Richardson, HuffingtonPost, J. Edgar Hoover, Jesse Jackson, Michael Hardy, National Action Network, NYPD, NYPD's Intelligence Division, Occupy Wall Street, Raymond Kelly, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Russell Simmons
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
Posted in Harlem
Tagged National Action Network, Phat Farm, Rev. Al Sharpton, Russell Simmons, Stevia















































