The people of Harlem were mourning the loss of 15-year-old James Powell, a Black teenager fatally shot by Thomas Gilligan, a white, off-duty police officer. Headlines read "Negro boy killed ...

Figure skating is seen as an elite, mostly white sport, but a new documentary series tells the story of a program for Black girls in Harlem looking to change that.

But as Maravrich's senior year ended, like many top prospects, he was flooded with offers from different professional teams—and even the Harlem Globetrotters. "I was offered a 1 million dollar ...

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Those who bravely did so are heralded with long-overdue recognition in "The Swans of Harlem," a new book by Karen Valby that ...

To them, Hudgin's bank, like the other ten, white-run, banks in Harlem, is one more part of the power structure, one more reason why Harlem is an economic colony of New York city. They feel that ...

Cody Diaz, a shelter resident in East Harlem, pointed to the White House this week moving to axe the loathed congestion pricing tax as a sign the current administration has a chutzpah to close the ...

Their writing and their music, a cultural movement that would become known as the Harlem Renaissance, ultimately found wider, mainstream acclaim. At a time when white culture was celebrating ...