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Priscilla Edmunds’ 100 Birthday Celebration
“People want to know my secret; you have to have a relationship with Godand pray through it all,” Priscilla Edmunds shared with the crowd.
Over...
Namasha Schelling Makes History As Pound Ridge’s First Black Town Board Member
On Wednesday, October 25th, Black Westchester broke the story of Namasha H. Schelling being targeted with hate rhetoric and signs that are popping up...
Angela Johnson – Unfiltered, Unvarnished, Un-bossed
The First Lady of Purpose Music Group, songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, Greenburgh’s Angela Johnson, is the first Under The Radar Spotlight artist we...
Remembering The Honorable Pearl C. Quarles – Community Leader & A Woman of Many Firsts
The Honorable Pearl C. Quarles was a person of many “firsts.” Quarles was the first African-American woman to serve as a Westchester County Legislator,...
Rev W. Franklyn Richardson Interview
Black Westchester Power Hour presents the Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson Interview
Hosts: Damon K. Jones and AJ Woodson
Topic: His new book, Witness To Grace -...
Black Westchester Presents Yonkers Modern Day Heroes #YonkersStrong
As part of Lorraine Lopez’ series #YonkersStrong, and our new Modern Day Heroes Mondays, Black Westchester hosted a special edition of the Black Westchester Power...
Mount Vernon’s Lillian C. Jones Turns 100 Years Old
My mother always told me and my sister before she passed that she wanted us to give her flowers while she was still alive....
BW Black Business Spotlight: Don Powell dp Printing & Graphics
This month we like to spotlight a man who needs no introduction, Mr. Don Powell of DP Printing & Graphic and Send-A-Tee.com or New...
The Dash of Byron Womack
The lines on Leicester Street in Port Chester, New York were lengthy, as the rain and sleet did not suppress. Yet weather this did...
BW Exclusive: The Jamar Smythe Interview
Jamar Smythe, a Peekskill man wrongfully convicted when cops lied at trial, gets released after serving four years of the 15-year sentence. He sits...
