BW Black History
Spotlighting, saluting and celebration the UNSUNG HEROES in Black History in Westchester County
On Nov. 19, 1986, the most famous shoot out of NYPD history when they attempted to arrest or assassinate Larry Davis. During that time, he became, for some, a symbol the
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November 27, 2017 // 0 Comments
Mount Vernon native, Ray Williams, former New York Knicks guard who averaged 15.5 points and 5.8 assists in 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association would have been
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October 15, 2017 // 0 Comments
Angela Davis, activist, educator, scholar, and politician, was born on January 26, 1944, in the “Dynamite Hill” area of Birmingham, Alabama. The area received that name
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March 7, 2017 // 0 Comments
32 years before Kingston, Jamaica-born, Ronald A. Blackwood broke the color barrier and became the first Black mayor of the city of Mount Vernon, New York, and 48 years
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February 20, 2017 // 0 Comments
For Black History Month let us remember Howard University’s, and fellow, alumnus Ossie Davis. The great civil rights activist, actor, writer and director Ossie Davis took a
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February 25, 2016 // 0 Comments
History is often reduced to a handful of memorable moments and events. In Black history, those events often include courageous stories like those of The Underground
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February 1, 2016 // 0 Comments
Errold D. Collymore D.D.S. (1893-1972), a dentist and activist, who would become known as “Westchester’s Fighting Dentist,” moved to Westchester County in 1926 and
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January 18, 2016 // 0 Comments
Welcome to another edition of SportsTalk With AJROK! In celebration of Ali’s 73rd birthday, I share with you, a blog post I wrote a few years ago; Muhammad Ali is the
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January 17, 2016 // 0 Comments
Black Westchester spotlights Sculptor Milton Sherrill whose work has been seen everywhere but very few people know the man behind the sculpture. We met Mr. Sherrill at the
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August 20, 2015 // 0 Comments
On this day in Black History, eighteen years ago in 1997, Betty Shabazz, the widow of famed civil rights icon Malcolm X, died at the age of 61. On June 1, 1997, young
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June 23, 2015 // 0 Comments