Before the Civil Rights Act, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright Was Already Changing Cancer Treatment By Derek H. Suite, M.D.
The physician whose research helped bring scientific precision to early chemotherapy
Cancer touches nearly every family in America. If it has not reached your own...
Legacy Beyond Self: The Meaning Behind the Commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Olivia Hooker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbZAnXo4kc
An expanded article based on the transcript and historical record
There are ceremonies meant for tradition — and then there are ceremonies meant for memory.The...
Respect Is Power: What Norwood E. Jackson Meant — Not Just What He Did
Every Black History Month, we celebrate firsts. First elected, first hired, first promoted. But history is not actually changed by firsts alone. History changes...
BOL Celebrates A Night of Firsts For African American Heritage Month
BOARD CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
Honors Groundbreaking Leaders—First African Americans to Hold Key Public Safety Posts
On Monday, February 9th, the Westchester County Board of...
Malcolm X’s Family in Mount Vernon, NY
When the story of Malcolm X, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz—is told, it most often centers on Harlem, particularly the Ballroom where he...
Black History Month in Westchester: The History We Don’t Celebrate
Every February, Westchester County wraps itself in the language of progress. We celebrate “firsts,” applaud diversity panels, and repost sanitized snapshots of Black achievement....
Sharon Owens Makes History As Syracuse’s First Black Mayor
Syracuse, New York's fifth-most populous city, has elected its first Black mayor in the city’s 177-year history. Sharon Owens makes history as the first Black...
Dorcey Applyrs Makes History As Albany’s First Black Mayor
At 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4th, Dr. Dorcey Lanier Applyrs, the first Black Mayor of New York's capital city and sixth-largest city, Albany,...
Ken Jenkins Makes History: Westchester County Elects Its First Black County Executive
Westchester County made history on Election Day. For the first time in its 339-year history, the people of this county elected a Black man, Ken...
Descendants of Frederick Douglass Read His Speech ‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’
In the summer of 2020, the U.S. commemorated Independence Day amid nationwide protests for racial justice and systemic reforms in the wake of George...
Frederick Douglass Delivers Powerful Speech “What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?”
"This Fourth of July is yours, not mine
You may rejoice, I must mourn..."
Frederick Douglass's stirring and well-known speech, "What to the Slave is the...
Thomas P. Brook Became First Black Officer in Yonkers PD, April 1, 1925
Today, 100 years ago, Wednesday, April 1, 1925, the Yonkers Police Department appointed its first Black Officer, Thomas P. Brooks. He was the first...
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...
