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The New York Amsterdam News • The New Black View • Founded 1909 • NYC's oldest Black newspaper
Joined May 2009
Brig. General Enoch Woody Woodhouse, Jr., 96, one of the last members of the all-Black World War II fighter pilot unit known as the Tuskegee Airmen, received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Norwich University during their 2023 Commencement Ceremony.
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Judith Jamison, best known for her work as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has died, according to reports. Read more here:
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Two women who sued the Springfield school district over having to undergo mandatory racial equity training have been ordered to pay the district’s legal fees.
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Kalief Browder should have celebrated his 30th birthday this past Thursday, May 25. Instead, he’s forever remembered as the teenage boy held on Rikers Island over a missing backpack.
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Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. She chronicled the Black experience in several books including, "Beloved." We'll be celebrating her life on what would have been her 90th birthday. Let's make #ToniMorrison90 a trending topic. @Oprah .Pic:@smithsonian
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Grammy-award winner Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has picked a smoking topic for his latest record dubbed “Whiskey.”.
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In a major development for the entertainment industry, BET has become Black-owned once again after 21 years, while VH1, for the first time, now boasts an African American owner.
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The 54th Annual African American Day Parade is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 17 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Harlem along Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard.
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Today we celebrate the #KingofPop on his birthday! Tell us your favorite #MichaelJackson song or album!
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Today marks 25 years since the police killing of Amadou Diallo.
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PHOTO: Students in Harlem on 125th Street during the #NationalSchoolWalkout #WalkoutWednesday #EndGunViolence
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Today we honor dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist Lena Horne on her birthday!
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@NYAmNews names hip hop artist, entrepreneur and social activist @TalibKweli as our 2017 Man of the Year!
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In honor of #Pride, White House @PressSec @K_JeanPierre pens an exclusive op-ed for the @nyamnews about the importance of representation not only during Pride Month but all year long. Read full op-ed here:
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Today we honor civil rights lawyer, jurist and the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall on his birthday!
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Today is #HarrietTubmanDay! The holiday honors the anti-slavery activist observed on March 10 in New York. Observances also occur locally around Maryland. There are growing calls for this day to also be observed at the federal level.
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Today we honor opera singer Leontyne Price, who turns 96.
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Today we pay tribute to The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan who is celebrating his 89th birthday today.
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Wiley for the Win! Are you watching the mayoral debate on @ABC7NY? The Amsterdam News proudly endorses Maya Wiley @mayawiley to be the next mayor of New York City. #Vote
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Today we honor rapper, actress, singer and Newark, NJ native Queen Latifah on her birthday!
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A recent press conference revealed that New York City is about to name a Central Park entrance the “Gate of the Exonerated.” This is where five teenagers were falsely accused, convicted, and were demeaned in the media as the Central Park Five for an April 1989.
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55th annual African American Day Parade in Harlem.
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Many of NYC's COVID-19 services are shutting down as the federal public health emergency comes to an end on Thursday. After May 11, many New Yorkers may not know where or how to get COVID-19 care—leading fewer people to seek it out, experts say.
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Happy Black Press Day! The first Black newspaper was published on this day in 1827. We salute the publishers, John Brown Russwurm and Samuel Cornish.
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The New York Amsterdam News is one of three partner newsrooms selected by @propublica to work with its Local Reporting Network over the next three years.
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Today we honor stand-up comedian and actress Loretta Mary Aiken, better known as Moms Mabley, on her birthday!
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Today we honor politician, lawyer, author and New York City's first African-American mayor, the late David Dinkins on his birthday!
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Dr. Oni Blackstock, founder of Health Justice, says these local and national changes are creating “a perfect storm.” . Health experts are calling for COVID-19 services to remain for vulnerable populations, including free masks, rapid tests and public awareness campaigns.
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Today we celebrate the #KingofPop on his birthday! Tell us your favorite #MichaelJackson song or album! #MichaelJackson
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BLACK NEW YORKER: @oregonfootball tackle @AJCornelius65 racked up miles chasing his gridiron dreams. Yet his heart remains home in Harlem, even now as he stars for the top-ranked college team while on the other side of the country. @GoDucks @StepinacSports
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BREAKING NEWS: Former New York State Senator and Harlem City Council member Bill Perkins has died at age 74.
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According to the CDC, four out of five Black women in the US are overweight or obese. A common theory is that Black culture promotes larger than average female figures, and the acceptance of a fuller body has become its norm. #TheNewBlackView.
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Legendary actor, Cicely Tyson died. She was 96. Born in Harlem, Tyson received countless awards including a Tony at age 88 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. #CicelyTyson.#Nevis.#TheNewBlackView.#AmsterdamNews
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Today we honor NBA legend and NYC native Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his birthday!
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At age 109, Viola Ford Fletcher is releasing a memoir about the life she lived in the shadow of the massacre, after a white mob laid waste to the once-thriving Black enclave known as Greenwood.
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Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize She won the award for her book of poetry, "Annie Allen," in 1950. #BlackHistoryMonth
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After 30 years were stolen from him, here’s how exoneree Mark Denny lives life now
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The slavery reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans.
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#Kwanzaa #Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.
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Kalief Browder should have celebrated his 30th birthday this past Thursday, May 25. Instead, he’s forever remembered as the teenage boy held on Rikers Island over a missing backpack.
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Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Black female artists and became famous for her richly colored and detailed quilts combining painting, textiles and storytelling, has died. She was 93.
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White people were more likely to ignore safety precautions like wearing masks and social distancing during the pandemic when they realized the various and disproportionately ways COVID-19 affected African Americans.
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Today we honor track and field athlete and professional football player John Carlos on his birthday!
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Today we honor former Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel who turns 93 today!
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The Puerto Rican capital witnessed a large gathering of Afro Puerto Ricans and anti-racist activists on Tuesday, May 14.
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Today we salute late host and producer of WABC-TV's weekly show "Like It Is" Gil Noble on what would have been his 91st birthday.
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Today we honor actor, rapper and film producer Will Smith on his birthday!
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Today we honor late actress, singer, model, and activist Diahann Carroll on her birthday!
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In a big blow to health insurance in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled that insurers no longer have to pay for preventive care services like cancer and heart disease screenings.
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Today we honor singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist Nina Simone on her birthday.
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Wiley for the Win!! The New York Amsterdam News officially endorses Maya Wiley @mayawiley to be the next mayor of New York City. #WileyForTheWin.
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Today we honor actor and director Roscoe Lee Browne on his birthday!
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Today we honor police killing victim Eric Garner on what would have been his 54th birthday.
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Dreamer talks about being inspired by @IAmSteveHarvey to break out of his comfort zone @dreamersacademy #ddaDisney
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Q&A with Misty Copeland/@mistyonpointe : The interview Pt. 1| http://t.co/tbltAnakxY
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http://t.co/gJ3nQVh51m.
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Today we honor singer, songwriter and record producer Smokey Robinson, who celebrates his 83rd birthday today.
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Students arrive to Walt Disney World to begin their inspiring weekend at the Disney Dreamers Academy. Superstar singer Kelly Rowland is serving as Celebrity Ambassador for the event. #ddadisney #Be100
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Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) introduced the American Teacher Act to incentivize states to increase the minimum K-12 teacher salary to $60,000 and adjust inflation.
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A prayer vigil is being held Wednesday for former New York State Senator and City Council Member Bill Perkins, who died Tuesday.
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U.S. @SenSchumer (D-N.Y.) pens an exclusive op-ed about how current marijuana laws have ruined the lives of Black and Brown Americans. Read full op-ed here:
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Today we honor R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter, music producer, author and actress Ledisi on her birthday.
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EDITORIAL: The 2023 torturing of two Black men in Mississippi at the hands of law enforcement reminds the nation, and certainly Black Mississippians, of the horrific deaths of too many Black people in the state’s history.
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Today we honor late Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis on his birthday.
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Today we honor 82nd Attorney General of the United States and lawyer Eric Holder, who turns 73 today.
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Giving Shirley Chisholm her due has been a passion project for actress/producer Regina King and her producing partner and sister Reina King. Their love and respect for Chisholm is visible in every frame of their bio/drama/history film.
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“The Outsiders,” playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on West 45th Street, is an example of Broadway beauty. This musical has heart, strength, love, struggle, tragedy and triumph, and in no way sugarcoats life.
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We remember David Dinkins, the first, and still the only, Black mayor of New York City. He led the city with grace. He was a graduate of Howard University , Brooklyn Law and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. #TheNewBlackView.#AmsterdamNews
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Today we honor singer-songwriter, record producer and actress Erykah Badu on her birthday! @fatbellybella
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Today we honor singer, songwriter, and actress Phyllis Hyman on her birthday!
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It's been 35 years since "The Color Purple" debuted on the big screen. The epic novel by Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. What's your favorite Color Purple scene? Let us know using the hashtag #AmsterdamNews. #TheNewBlackView.#TheColorPurple
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Today we honor late singer, songwriter, record producer and New York native @luthervandross on what would have been his 73rd birthday!
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OP-ED: "@NABJ has failed to uphold its own goals for this convention, which is themed “Winds of Change: Journalism over Disinformation.” Narrative power and control should not be dismissed or relinquished." -Diara J. Townes @CuriousScout #NABJ24.
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Today we honor jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington on his birthday!
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The holiday, which originated as Decoration Day, initially began when formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants gathered to honor and decorate the graves of Union soldiers who fought during the Civil War.
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Today we honor Olympic gymnast Simone Biles on her birthday!
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Today we honor actress, producer and EGOT winner Viola Davis on her birthday!
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Afrobeat artist Seun Kuti brought his political savvy, activist philosophy, multi-instrument-playing musicianship, support of the common-man touch, and intoxicating revelry back to New York City with an East Coast stop on his global tour.
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Families and the community want to know what happened 11-year-old Alfa Ousmane Barrie and 13-year-old Garrett Warren, who went missing last weekend and were a later found dead in rivers. Police say the no foul play is suspected.
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