This Week In Black History March 23-29
Black Westchester feels that celebrating Black History year-round is crucial because it's not just about acknowledging a specific month, but about ensuring Black history and...
Women’s Month Spotlight: Joanne Dunn Makes History As First Female Executive Director of Youth Shelter of Westchester
Located in Mount Vernon, NY, Joanne Dunn is the first woman to lead the Youth Shelter Program of Westchester (YSOW) since its incorporation in...
Celebrating The Life & Legacy of Barbara Perry
Today Black Westchester celebrates Barbara Perry, the first African American and first female Commissioner in the Town of Greenburgh. She was a lifelong Greenburgh...
Celebrating Ruby Dee – Actress, Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist, & Civil Rights Activist
“I want to acknowledge Ms. Ruby Dee, who was the first, and I mean the first well-known civil rights activist and fighter against injustice...
This Day In Black History – March 11th Lorraine Hansberry Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Produce A Broadway Play
A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play produced by a Black woman, Lorraine Hansberry, debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March...
Timeline Of Black Women In Westchester That Made Her-Story!
Saturday, March 8th, is International Women's Day (IWD). IWD has been around for over a hundred years, as have many of the issues still...
This Day In Black History – March 7th – Bloody Sunday
With all the efforts to whitewash and even downright erase our history, Black Westchester is committed to continuing to document and celebrate because not...
This Day In Black History – Rebecca Lee Crumpler Became First African American Woman To Earn A Medical Degree
As the calendar pages turn from what we are told is Black History Month we feel it is important to continue to celebrate Black...
Protecting Black History: The Foundation of Black Resilience by Dr. Derek H. Suite
Black History Month has always been a time of reflection and introspection. It is a time to take a moment, however brief, to marvel...
Autumn Lockwood Makes History As The First Black Woman Coach To Win A Super Bowl And Very Few Are Talking About It
With Black History Month in full e-f-f-e-c-t, there is a Super Superbowl story no one is talking about. Sure everyone is talking about Kendrick...
Lost Black History: Ella Baker-Mother of Civil Rights By Don Valentine
Ella Baker, “The Mother of Civil Rights” earned her bonafides by the influence she had on shaping the Civil Rights Movement. Hers was not...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY HONORS ‘TRAILBLAZERS’ AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
Annual event to recognize individuals who have made contributions to African American history and culture in Westchester County
(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County Executive...
Black History By Month – October
We celebrate Black History Month in February, but Black History is 365/24/7. Just because February came and went doesn’t mean we have to wait...
Black History By Month – December
We celebrate Black History Month in February, but Black History is 365/24/7. Just because February came and went doesn’t mean we have to wait...
Black History By Month – JULY
History in school teaches us that Harriet Tubman freed the slaves and Martin Luther King Jr., had a dream every February but skipped over...
Black History Month BY James A. Johnson
“The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But Bends Toward Justice” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Race is still a problem in the 21st...
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,...
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....
