NR NAACP Will Be Hosting MLK Day Program & Annual Jubilee Celebration

The New Rochelle Branch of the NAACP will be...

Macy’s Is Closing 66 Stores Nationwide, Cross County Is Not Among 9 NY Locations

Macy’s is closing several dozen stores nationwide as part...

White Plains Mayor Tom Roach Announces He Will Be Running For County Clerk

Longtime White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, who became acting...

Lions Club and Mount Vernon Fire Department Hosted The 3 Kings Toy Drive

On Saturday, January 4th, the Mount Vernon The Lions...

Mount Vernon Man Fatally Shot in New Rochelle, Police Say No Active Damage To The Public

(Photo above courtesy of Talk Of The Sound) A 22-year-old...

Kenneth W. Jenkins Sworn In As Westchester’s First Black County Executive

Surrounded by colleagues, family members, and friends, Kenneth W....

Denzel Washington, Magic Johnson & Fannie Lou Hamer Among Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

President Joe Biden also honored Hillary Clinton, Lionel Messi,...

AJ Woodson

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AJ Woodson is the Editor-In-Chief and co-owner of Black Westchester, Host & Producer of the People Before Politics Radio Show, An Author, Journalism Fellow (Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism), Rap Artist - one third of the legendary underground rap group JVC FORCE known for the single Strong Island, Radio Personality, Hip-Hop Historian, Documentarian, Activist, Criminal Justice Advocate and Freelance Journalist whose byline has appeared in several print publications and online sites including The Source, Vibe, the Village Voice, Upscale, Sonicnet.com, Launch.com, Rolling Out Newspaper, Daily Challenge Newspaper, Spiritual Minded Magazine, Word Up! Magazine, On The Go Magazine and several others. Follow me at Blue Sky https://bsky.app/profile/mrajwoodson.bsky.social and Spoutible https://spoutible.com/MrAJWoodson

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BW May/June 2024 – Pre-Primary Issue Part One

Welcome to our special Pre-Primary Edition May/June issue (where we cover the 2024 CD-16 Congressional primary. There has been a lot of misinformation given...

Congressional Candidate Forum Sponsored By The CD-16 NAACP Branches

The Congressional District 16 Branches of the NAACP (Yonkers, New Rochelle, Co-Op City, Mount Vernon, Bronx, with White Plains/Greenburgh branch taking the lead) sponsored...

PBP Radio Episode 396 – Progressive Politics Gone Crazy

Join Damon K. Jones and AJ Woodson on Black Westchester Magazine's "People Before Politics" show! 🎙️ Tonight's hot topics: 1️⃣ Is gun violence a...

Shots Fired Near A Gun Violence Awareness Event In Mount Vernon

“Gun violence is not a major problem in Westchester County,” CE Latimer said Friday, March 26th at the press conference announcing the launching of...

The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Unendorsed Mondaire Jones

WORKING FAMILIES PARTY ALSO PULLS ITS FUNDING AND SUPPORT OF MONDAIRE JONES AND THE HITS KEEP COMING Its been a rough week for former congressman...

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The U.S. House of Representatives has recently approved a...

Trump Announces Creation of External Revenue Service to Shift Tax Burden Overseas

Washington, D.C.—President-elect Donald Trump has unveiled plans to establish...

MV NAACP Writes Open Letter to MVCSD, Board Votes To Close Three School At Special Meeting

The Mount Vernon NAACP Branch wrote an open letter...

Public Statement by The Westchester Coalition for Police Reform in Response to the Death of Robert Brooks

We are deeply disturbed by the recent video showing...
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