Herb Boyd

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Hoorah for Ras Baraka!

2 days 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.
OP-ED: The ‘Lion’ sleeps in peace and power

1 week 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.
Former U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, dies at 94

1 week 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.
Former U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, dies

1 week 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.
Malcolm 100

2 weeks 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.
A mission and tribute to Malcolm X’s Mother, Louise Langdon Little

2 weeks 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.
OP-ED: Is there hope from the Pope?

3 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Credit: (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) Several weeks ago I was aghast, but not surprised, that Trump was condemning the South African government for its “mistreatment” of Afrikaners, the white residents of the country.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat expounds on a slew of pertinent issues

3 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

Michael Garner, citywide chief business diversity officer (with, left to right) Lloyd Williams, president and CEO of GHCC; Rep. Adriano Espaillat; Karl Rodney, publisher of Carib News; and Rev. Jacques DeGraff.
‘A Fool’s Errand’ by Lonnie G. Bunch III, a crowning success

1 month ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

Lonnie Bunch's A Fool's Errand Three weeks ago, while my wife was undergoing a mammogram examination at Mt. Sinai, I took a stroll down the Museum Mile and visited the Cooper Hewitt Museum. In the museum’s shop I spied Lonnie Bunch’s “A Fool’s Errand” on the bookshelf. After I purchased it, I was told it was the last copy.
OP-ED: Three freedom fighters: Malcolm, Fanon, and Lumumba

1 month ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

(U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress) Centennial celebrations of Malcolm X’s birth will be taking place all over the world, and on at least one occasion that commemoration is combined with Patrice Lumumba (July 2) and Frantz Fanon (July 20). The three men were all born in 1925.

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