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The Little Red Lighthouse Festival 2012

UC Must-Reads: A People’s History of Black Twitter

View this post on Instagram A post shared by WIRED (@wired) Black Twitter is the ultimate arbiter of what is cool, what is hot and what is not. Shout out to Jason Parham of Wired Magazine for the deep…

09/02/21: Black Health: Medical Racism, Resistance, and Wellness

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Schomburg Center (@schomburgcenter) Join a virtual conversation with four scholars whose work examines the long history of medical racism and unequal access to quality medical care. The conversation brings together…

Groups plan national march for voting rights | Bronx Free Press

By Gregg McQueen Photo: Emmanuel Abreu Beach? Please. Amid growing calls for Congress to pass national voting rights protections, millions of people are making late summer plans that include a million-strong march to spur federal lawmakers to action. March…

190 Street Station - Observe the Heights

#TheGramUptown: 190

View this post on Instagram A post shared by YumaYork (@yumayork.nyc) We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter & Instagram or e-mail us at [email protected].…

Celebrating Black solidarity | Bronx Free Press

By Gregg McQueen Black August is upon us. The annual celebration, which is held throughout the month of August, specifically commemorates Black freedom fighters and political prisoners, and spotlights the resistance against racial oppression within the criminal and social justice movements.…

What Census numbers reveal about uptown | Manhattan Times

By Sherry Mazzocchi While New York City’s population grew by 629,000 in the past decade, preliminary U.S. Census numbers reveal that the population of Washington Heights and Inwood got smaller, older, and whiter. According to 2020 Census data tabulated…

El Barrio - Harlem

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: The Spirit of East Harlem

#ELBARRIO Learn more about the historical & cultural legacy of East Harlem! Check out this clip, feat. the mural, "The Spirit of East Harlem" by artists Hank Prussing and Manny Vega narrated by Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez. pic.twitter.com/e3R07cQDb0 —…