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Harlem’s Schomburg Center Designated a National Historic Landmark
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was designated a national historic landmark this week. The site in central Harlem was among 24 places the U.S. Department of the Interior gave the honor to on Wednesday. The 91-year-old research library is named after black Puerto Rican Arturo Schomburg, a leading voice of the Harlem…
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Harlem Becomes Site of Only Public Gender-Affirming Clinic in NYC
An East Harlem, N.Y., clinic dedicated to the needs of transgender individuals will expand its services to that community, the city announced this week. Harlem Patch reports that the uptown branch of Metropolitan Hospital’s LGBT Health Center will now offer gender-affirming “top surgeries” and access to hormone therapy for transgender patients. Patients referred by their…
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GOP Candidate Who Offered KFC, Kool-Aid and Watermelons Arrested in Connection WIth Alleged Rental Scam
Jon Girodes, a Republican New York state Senate candidate who made headlines after apparently planning to offer Kool-Aid, KFC and watermelons at a campaign event in historically black Harlem, has been arrested in connection to an alleged rental scam, NBC 4 New York reports. Girodes, who is vying for the 30th Senatorial District seat in the…
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Donald Trump at the Apollo Sounds Like the Recipe for a Race Riot
If he has his way, Donald Trump may have laid the groundwork for a race riot right by Red Lobster. According to the New York Daily News, the Trump campaign has been actively trying to book the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem for a rally. Apparently, organizers have been calling “every day,” though there is…
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GOP Candidate's Black Outreach: Kool-Aid, Watermelon and KFC
As many of us politicos have come to know, the Grand Old Party is overflowing with stupid white men. In this campaign season, though, Donald J. Trump has been sucking up so much of the election coverage, the rest of those of that dumb-dumb-diddy demo have been overlooked. That’s why I am so grateful to…
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NY Investigating Death of 6-Year-Old Who Was Covered in Bruises
New York state officials are investigating the death of Zymere Perkins, the Harlem 6-year-old who died in the hospital earlier this week after being rushed there covered in bruises, the New York Post reports. Investigators will be looking into whether or not there was any wrongdoing in child protective services’ handling of the child’s case.…
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NYC 6-Year-Old Dies After Being Rushed to Hospital Covered in Bruises
Zymere Perkins, 6, was rushed to the hospital by his mother Monday afternoon and died a short time later. He was unconscious and covered in bruises, the New York Daily News reports. Geraldine Perkins, Zymere’s mother, took Zymere to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in a taxicab after emerging from the apartment building holding his limp body,…