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1 week ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
From left to right; Richard Kirkpatrick and Calvin Hunt stand outside of St. Patrick’s to express their support of the late Congressman Charlie Rangel. (Herb Boyd photo) Legendary former Representative Charles B.
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1 week ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
Protesters hold up signs on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall during a "No Kings" protest in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
The Juneteenth flag is seen waving in the wind during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.
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2 weeks ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
There was quite a turnout last Wednesday at Revolution Books in Harlem to support and defend the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, a 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner, who has been targeted with threats and deportation. Toha was unable to attend the event.
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3 weeks ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks as he attends a press conference regarding his May 9th arrest at Delaney Hall, outside U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Newark New Jersey.
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1 month ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
AmNews Archives Of the legendary “Gang of Four” (David Dinkins, Basil Paterson, Percy Sutton, and Charles “The Lion” Rangel), only the latter two were acquaintances who transcended journalistic boundaries.
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1 month ago | 
globaldiasporanews.com | Herb Boyd
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Charles Bernard Rangel, the former congressman from Harlem, and the last remaining founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at age 94. By Herb Boyd —Charles Bernard Rangel, the former congressman from Harlem, and the last remaining founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at age 94. Rangel passed away on Monday, May 26, Memorial Day, surrounded by family.
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1 month ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
Charles Bernard Rangel, the former congressman from Harlem, and the last remaining founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at age 94. Rangel, a native of Harlem, and the lone surviving member of the legendary Gang of Four. He took his reputation as the “Lion of Lenox Avenue” to the House of Representatives in 1971 after defeating the renowned Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. The apogee of his tenure in Congress was in 2007 when he became chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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1 month ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
Lauryn Hill at the celebration. (Photo by Leonard McKenzie) As expected, there was a massive turnout for the centennial birth of Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) Monday evening at the Shabazz Center.
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1 month ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd
Sister Afia Dawson delivers stirring invocation at tribute to Louise Langdon Little. (Photo by Herb Boyd) On the third day of a five-day pilgrimage to Grenada, economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux chaired a meeting of women to discuss the life of Louise Norton Langdon Little (1897–1989), the mother of Malcolm X, who was born on the island.
