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Black Lives Must Matter Even When the Killer Isn’t a Cop

Where Is the Outrage Over the Murder of 15-Year-Old Javits Frimpong? A 15-year-old Black boy left home to go to school in the Bronx and never came back. Javits Frimpong. His family came from Ghana to the US in search of opportunity and a better...
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The Drum Beats Again for Our Black Colleges By Dennis Richmond, Jr.

More than a decade ago, I started talking to young people, mostly teenagers, about Historically Black Colleges and Universities because I knew firsthand what an HBCU could do for a young Black student. I was 19 years old and attending Claflin University when I began...
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The Mount Vernon Comptroller’s Office Detects and Prevents Fraudulent Activity

The City Of Mount Vernon Comptroller's office released the following statement, Tuesday. The Office of...
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Former Mt Vernon Bldg Dept Employees Arrested & Charged With Deed Fraud

Charlene Humphreys and Damon Davis, two former employees of the Mount Vernon Building Department...
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Denzel Washington School of the Arts Gospel Choir Opens For Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular

The Denzel Washington School of the Arts (DWSA) Gospel Choir, led by Choir Director...
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Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard & MVPD Leadership Press Conf on DOJ Investigation Report

Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, along with the executive leadership of the Mount Vernon Police Department,...
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“DOJ Report Finds Alarming Civil Rights Violations by Mount Vernon Police” – NYCLU

The United States Department of Justice today released a report finding that the Mount Vernon Police...
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Accountability Must Match the Rhetoric in Mount Vernon

The recently released Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Mount Vernon Police Department...
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Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard Announces Assoc Judge Peter Davis will temporarily serve as Full-Time Judge

Mount Vernon Mayor Shawn Patterson-Howard released a statement Thursday, announcing Associate Judge Peter Davis...
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City of Mount Vernon Responds to Receiving DOJ Investigation Into The MVPD

The City of Mount Vernon received the release of the findings from the U.S....
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U.S. Attorney Announces Findings Of Civil Rights Violations By The Mt Vernon Police Dept

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and...
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Former Mt. Vernon Mayor André Wallace Receives Award From White House

Former Mount Vernon Mayor & Councilman André Wallace received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award...
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Is MVCSD Planning To Close School Named After First Black Teacher – Cecil H. Parker?

On Monday, November 25th, my phone blew up with concerns that the Mount Vernon...
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G. Lamont Blackstone Honored as One of Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Black Leaders

G. Lamont Blackstone has been honored as one of 100 Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Black...
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Criminal Justice

Black Lives Must Matter Even When the Killer Isn’t a Cop

Where Is the Outrage Over the Murder of 15-Year-Old Javits Frimpong? A 15-year-old Black boy...
Education

The Drum Beats Again for Our Black Colleges By Dennis Richmond, Jr.

More than a decade ago, I started talking to young people, mostly teenagers, about...
NY Politics

What can Black New Yorkers expect from a Bruce Blakeman administration?

https://youtu.be/IkYkdx2x11w With Election Day approaching, Black Westchester Magazine sits down for an exclusive interview with...
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If You Felt It, You’re Not Wrong: Puerto Rico Is In Our Blood, Water Should Be In Its Faucets By Larnez Kinsey

More than 180,000 households in Puerto Rico were subject to announced water rationing measures...

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