Monthly Visual Charla Series

Narmer’s Nook

James Orange, civil rights activist, dies at 65 [CNN.com] Oprah creates book download sensation with ‘Women & Money’ [Daily News] Meet the new guard black politicians [Daily News] City inmates get healthier diet [Daily News] Veteran Judge in Bell Shooting Trial Has Seen It All Before [New York Times] Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location [New… [Read more…]

Banished

 Friday, February 22 at 10pm (PBS/thirteen) A hundred years ago, in communities across the U.S., white residents forced thousands of black families to flee their homes. Even a century later, these towns remain almost entirely white. BANISHED tells the story of three of these communities and their black descendants, who return to learn their shocking histories. 

Moving and Twisting The Grange

Alexander Hamilton’s country home, the Grange, in its original location, approximately on what is now West 143rd Street, between Convent Avenue and Hamilton Place. The front entrance faced southwest.The question is: Would he be able to find the front door? To read the whole story click on:  The New York Times (Photo Credit)  

The Scoop: Thank God for 3 Day Weekends Edition

Our Lady Queen of Angels Congregants still worship despite closure [Daily News] Obama “robbed” in Harlem? [NYPost] Bronx Super Kills Teenage Daughter over Internet Chat [Daily News]