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Black History Month

Funky Turns 40 - Black Animated Art

Animated and funky | Manhattan Times

Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer It’s time to get your funk on. More than 60 animation cels of black animation cartoons from the private collection of City College alumna Pamela Thomas and her business partner, Loreen Williamson, will be…

IndiVisible @ The Shabazz Center

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It is Black History Month people! Did you know that Washington Heights boasts a world class educational and cultural space dedicated to the late great Malcolm X and his valiant fight for civil and human…

Freedom’s Sisters – The Untold Story

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) When you think of the struggle for civil rights in America, great men such as MLK, Malcolm X, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Frederick Douglas, and W.E.B DuBois,…

Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center

Words by Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Jay Franco (@_jayfranco) Video by Amanda Hiciano (AIKI5IFTY5IVE) Malcolm X changed my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley literally put the Black in Led Black. The book which has…

Black History Month Celebration at Taza de Café Tomorrow Night

On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Praxis Housing Initiatives, Inc. invites New Yorkers to celebrate Black History Month with an Inspirational Evening of Poetry and Music that will take place at the cozy Taza de…