black community

Distinguished historian of racial justice movements Dr. Peniel Joseph will be speaking Wednesday night, April 19 at 7 p.m. at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York.

Black residents of the Capital Region share the concerns of Black Americans nationwide when it comes to violence and crime, as measured in a new survey.

Drawing upon twenty-five years of experience representing Black youth in Washington, D.C.’s juvenile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America’s irrational, manufactured fears of these young people and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children. Her book is "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth."

Next week, the newly formed Berkshire Black Economic Council is holding a kickoff event.

Clarence Taylor is Professor Emeritus of History at Baruch College, CUNY, and author of "The Black Churches of Brooklyn," "Knocking at Our Own Door:…