Roberta Flack honored at funeral by Lauryn Hill, Al Sharpton and Stevie Wonder
The music world gathered at New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church to celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Roberta Flack.
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More Black teens are in mental health crisis. This church tries to help them heal
At First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, a therapist was fielding 10 calls a week from parents of teens who ...
Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder delight at Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of Life’ musical memorial
A public memorial service bursting with music, including planned performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise one by Lauryn ...
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Black church leaders call for 40-day Target Boycott over $250M DEI demands
A call for economic resistance rang out from Antioch Baptist Church, where faith leaders gathered to launch a 40-day boycott of Target.
Stevie Wonder, Rev. Al Sharpton honor Roberta Flack at memorial service
Stevie Wonder and Rev. Al Sharpton were among the speakers and performers at soul singer Roberta Flack’s public memorial service in Manhattan on Monday.
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A 100-year-old former synagogue in the East Village will become luxury condos
The Lemberger Congregation Anshei Ashkenaz, converted into a church around 1970, is one of the last remaining tenement ...
NYC Mayor Adams joins hundreds at anniversary celebration for longtime Staten Island pastor (102 photos)
Guests attend a 20th Pastoral Anniversary Celebration for Rev. Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina Sr. of First Central Baptist Church.
Cuomo doubles down on bail reform during NYC mayor’s race: ‘Righted a terrible social wrong’
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is talking law and order, but is still behind the state’s controversial bail reform statutes that were passed on his watch in Albany.