Proudly Black woman-owned and operated. Proudly Black and minority staffed since 1909.
Featured Video
A climate change forecast rain with a chance of mosquito-borne diseases
Editor’s Pick
Local and ethnic media get financial boost in state-enacted budget
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recently enacted budget, with bipartisan support, made room to financially bolster local…
Black New Yorker
Kim Avilez is pushing community and financial education in Staten Island
Kim Avilez has been appointed as a trustee at the Staten Island Museum. She will…
NEWS
Schomburg Center conference looks at ‘Slavery in New Netherland & the Dutch Atlantic World’
During a recent two-day conference, book authors and academic researchers came together to talk about…
Gone to the dogs: New Bronx shelter opens doors to five pet-owning families in city-run pilot program
Five units at the Uplift Families Residence shelter in the…
Echoes of the Past: Today’s student protests draw from history
The striking parallels between protests at Columbia University in 1968…
National Park Service awards funds for African American Civil Rights preservation
The historic Louis Armstrong House Museum, the Corona, Queens has…
Entrepreneur Kelly Ifill presents banking opportunity
Guava, a banking hub for Black entrepreneurs and small business…
Word In Black, conceived by AmNews Publisher Elinor R. Tatum, with 10 other Black publishers nationwide, promises to confront inequities, elevate solutions and amplify the Black experience.
SPORTS
Giants and Jets fill holes with first round NFL draft picks
At the Giants’ and Jets’ draft headquarters the teams painstakingly considered their options before settling on their first round picks.…
Canelo Alvarez dominates Jaime Munguia in super middleweight bout
WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO undisputed 168-pound super middleweight world…
Epiphanny Prince elevates to a new role with the Liberty
Brooklyn native Epiphanny Prince’s basketball history is woven into the…
Injuries force the Knicks to plot a new course facing the Pacers
The Knicks publicly revealed that center Mitchell Robinson, who underwent…
MLB will celebrate Negro Leagues All-Star Game on Memorial Day Weekend
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum will celebrate the…
Art & Entertainment
May 2024 Dance Calendar
BAM’s annual DanceAfrica festival returns for the 47th year with “The Origin of Communities/A Calabash of Cultures,”
‘Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors’—a tragic story that must be told
“Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors” tells the true stories…
Only Suzan-Lori Parks could tell the ‘Sally & Tom’ story like this
Suzan-Lori Parks has a way with words and of looking…
Reggie Workman, Kori Withers, Nona Hendryx
To say NEA Jazz Master bassist and educator Reggie Workman…
film/tv
‘Challengers’ is a steamy, cinematic win
“Challengers” is a top of the league sports-drama-romance movie. Fans…
‘We Grown Now’—Not a perfect film, but close enough
We Grown Now,” written and directed by Minhal Baig, emerges…
“A Self-Learning Process” for Bollywood Actor Pitobash, on his journey in Jordan Peele-produced ‘Monkey Man’
Pitobash Tripathy is one of the few actors from Bollywood…
theater
Hell yeah! ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is great on Broadway!
“Hell’s Kitchen” is Hell Yeah, Great on Broadway! This new,…
‘Macbeth (an undoing)’ is brilliant in Brooklyn
“Macbeth (an undoing),” written and directed by Zinnie Harris and…
Leonardo Brito stars in Ballet Hispanico work inspired by little-known art world figure
On April 25, the dance company Ballet Hispanico returns for…
music
Preserving history: the legacy of the 1965 ‘Friends of Old-Time Music Concert’
On June 14, 2024, Smithsonian Folkways Records will unveil “The…
‘Wall to Wall Prince’ offers day-long celebration on May 4
Symphony Space’s free performance marathon Wall to Wall Prince returns…
Song cycle, photos connect enslaved labor, cotton to power at 92Y
Last week the song cycle (a group of songs that…
AmNews Food
A salad to satisfy the senses
Whether it is the canned version your granny used to…
A seat at the table: 5 Black-owned restaurants to visit in New York State
Here are five Black-owned restaurants to add to your New…
Valentine’s recipes you’ll love to share
If the way to your loved one’s heart is through…
Black History
Philippa Schuyler, gifted and talented musician and writer
Philippa Schuyler was concert pianist, composer, author, and journalist. A…
Education
Carefully planned and partly improvised: inside the Columbia protest that fueled a national movement
Months before they pitched their tents on Columbia University’s main…
health
Food as Medicine: Hope in the battle for food insecurity and disparities
In early 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
Religion
Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America’s Black church
In the Black church as a whole, male pastors predominate,…