Does ‘Black History Month’ Adequately Honor Our African American Ancestry and Heritage?
Rate ArticleOn a recent episode of The Conversation with Al McFarlane, a regular expert guest lamented that over his lifetime he has been identified in...
Category : BW Black History
Spotlighting, saluting and celebration the UNSUNG HEROES in Black History in Westchester County
Larry Davis, Hood Legend to Some, Murderer to Others
Rate ArticleOn Nov. 19, 1986, the most famous shoot out of NYPD history when they attempted to arrest or assassinate Larry Davis. During that time, he...
BW History: Ray Williams
Rate ArticleMount 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...
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Activist, Author & Scholar, Angela Davis – Still Revolutionary
Rate ArticleAngela Davis, activist, educator, scholar, and politician, was born on January 26, 1944, in the “Dynamite Hill” area of Birmingham, Alabama. The area received...
BW Black History: Rev. Samuel Austin, First Negro To Run For Mayor.
Rate Article32 years before Kingston, Jamaica-born, Ronald A. Blackwood broke the color barrier and became the first Black mayor of the city of Mount Vernon,...
Remembering Ossie Davis
Rate ArticleFor Black History Month let us remember Howard University’s, and fellow, alumnus Ossie Davis. The great civil rights activist, actor, writer and director Ossie...
Seven Little Known Black History Facts
Rate ArticleHistory is often reduced to a handful of memorable moments and events. In Black history, those events often include courageous stories like those of...
BW Black History: Errold. D. Collymore – The Fighting Dentist
Rate ArticleErrold 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...
Muhammad Ali is the Greatest Because He Fought for What He Believed
Rate ArticleWelcome to another edition of SportsTalk With AJROK! In celebration of Ali’s 73rd birthday, I share with you, a blog post I wrote a...
BW Community Spotlight: Sculptor Milton Sherrill
Rate ArticleBlack Westchester spotlights Sculptor Milton Sherrill whose work has been seen everywhere but very few people know the man behind the sculpture. We met...