At Conference, Overcoming Fear and Embracing Differences
Kevin Powell spoke at Fordham’s fourth annual Diversity Leadership in a Global Society conference.
Bronx African American History Project
Hip-Hop Throwback: Kurtis Blow Sells Out the McGinley Center
Clap your hands everybody / If you got what it takes / ‘Cause I’m Kurtis…
Pioneers of Bronx Black History
This February, for Black History month, Fordham News has showcased the inspiring lives of Bronx activists Beatrice Bergland,…
Bronx Black History: Morgan Powell, the Late Historian, Continues to Inspire
From boat clubs on the Hudson to the living rooms of the Grand Concourse to…
Black History Month at Fordham Libraries
For Black History month, Fordham’s Department of Archives and Special Collections is displaying its collection of…
Bronx Black History: A Prison Lieutenant’s Quiet Activism
Beatrice Bergland’s childhood memories of the Bronx are bittersweet. She remembers walking down 170th Street…
Black History: Bronx Diversity Molds a Civil Rights Champion
Vincent Harding was proud to be from New York, and as he got older he…
Bronx Black History: Hetty Fox, Portrait of a Tireless Activist
The block-long, slightly sloping one-way street in Foxhurst in the Bronx is technically known as…
Bronx Black History Archives Open to Public
The stories of hundreds of Bronx African Americans who have transformed the borough’s character since…
Harlem Hellfighters on Display for Black History Month
One of the University archives’ rarely seen acquisitions is showcased in the Walsh Library atrium…