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Our Time Press The Local Newspaper With the Global View Our Time Press is the largest African American fully owned and operated weekly newspaper in Brooklyn, New York.

Founded in 1996 as a monthly periodical by husband and
wife team David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green, the multi-award winning, family-run paper
is published by DBG Media and enjoys a diverse readership of 40,000 weekly throughout New York
City, Westchester, the Capital Region and beyond.

by Hortensia GoodingOn Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College"To inspire" originally carried a literal sense of breathing lif...
04/04/2026

by Hortensia Gooding

On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College

"To inspire" originally carried a literal sense of breathing life into something. Its meaning expanded later to include an external influence animating a person's mind or spirit. It is the sentiment I apply to my resilient college music instructor, Dr. Norma Raybon, who inspired me to sing by breathing life into my voice.

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense of breathing life into something. Its meaning ex

By Eddie CastroThe 2026 Major League Baseball season kicked off last week with many expectations once again for both the...
04/04/2026

By Eddie Castro
The 2026 Major League Baseball season kicked off last week with many expectations once again for both the Yankees and Mets. The Mets are looking to take a few steps forward after taking a huge step back last year as the team struggled in the second half last year and missed the playoffs. The Mets began the season at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates while the Yankees were out west in the beautiful stadium of Oracle Park for a three-game set against the Giants.

https://ourtimepress.com/a-strong-start-mets-rise-yanks-dominate/

By Eddie CastroThe 2026 Major League Baseball season kicked off last week with many expectations once again for both the Yankees and Mets. The Mets are looking

By Kazembe BattsIG: Ghanian President John Dramini Mahama visited the United States last week. While in NYC he continued...
04/04/2026

By Kazembe Batts
IG:
Ghanian President John Dramini Mahama visited the United States last week. While in NYC he continued his countries vanguard role in encouraging Pan-Africanism and its current leadership in fighting for reparations for African people. He validated the long-time organizing of pan-Africanist by endorsing a historic anti-slavery resolution.

https://ourtimepress.com/ghana-steps-forward-while-moving-sideways/

By Kazembe BattsIG: President John Dramini Mahama visited the United States last week. While in NYC he continued his countries vanguard role in

By Enoch NaklenMultimedia JournalistStanding at the intersection of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Bed-Stuy, the Bishop Gal...
04/04/2026

By Enoch Naklen
Multimedia Journalist
Standing at the intersection of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Bed-Stuy, the Bishop Gallery sits in the geographic ‘Broadway Triangle’. It is a place where a single block offers the sight of Jewish families picking up their children from local yeshivot, situated across the street from Spanish signages, and just around the corner from graffiti-littered apartment complexes at the forefront of one of the oldest Black communities in America.

https://ourtimepress.com/the-bishop-gallery-brings-basquiat-home-to-the-broadway-triangle/

By Enoch NaklenMultimedia JournalistStanding at the intersection of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Bed-Stuy, the Bishop Gallery sits in the geographic ‘Broadway

"In 1926, as the Harlem Renaissance surged and the music was transforming American culture, a generation of musicians wh...
04/04/2026

"In 1926, as the Harlem Renaissance surged and the music was transforming American culture, a generation of musicians who would lead jazz into its next golden age was born."
Earlier this year, WBGO's Sarah Geledia, and other media announced the centennials of eight legendary jazz greats born that pivotal year when the 20’s roared: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Melba Liston, Tony Bennett, Melba Liston, Ray Brown, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Heath and our friend, Randy Weston (1926 – 2020).

https://ourtimepress.com/key-notes-on-weston-coltrane-miles-melba-and-other-jazz-centennials/

"In 1926, as the Harlem Renaissance surged and the music was transforming American culture, a generation of musicians who would lead jazz into its next golden a

Dr. Brenda M. GreeneProf. Donna HillThe Center for Black Literature hosted the 18th National Black Writers Conference, a...
04/04/2026

Dr. Brenda M. Greene
Prof. Donna Hill
The Center for Black Literature hosted the 18th National Black Writers Conference, a community gathering with the dual purpose of expanding Black literature while opening a dialogue around the layers of environmental justice and its impact on Black and Brown people throughout the African Diaspora.

https://ourtimepress.com/the-center-for-black-literature-hosts-the-18th-national-black-writers-conference-at-medgar-evers-college-cuny/

Dr. Brenda M. GreeneProf. Donna HillThe Center for Black Literature hosted the 18th National Black Writers Conference, a community gathering with the dual purpo

Master Fiber Artist Juliette Colpa-Thomas Designed an Inner Sanctum -- Step by Step/Stitch by Stitchby Juliette Colpa-Th...
04/04/2026

Master Fiber Artist Juliette Colpa-Thomas Designed an Inner Sanctum -- Step by Step/Stitch by Stitch

by Juliette Colpa-Thomas
I am a fiber artist who began crocheting at the age of 12.
While waiting for my mom during piano lessons, my teacher, Mrs. Ratz, introduced me to a ball of yarn and a crochet needle, showing me a simple crochet stitch. I was mesmerized.

https://ourtimepress.com/sister-who-do-you-think-you-are-a-salute-to-sisters-helping-sisters/

Master Fiber Artist Juliette Colpa-Thomas Designed an Inner Sanctum -- Step by Step/Stitch by Stitch by Juliette Colpa-ThomasI am a fiber artist who began cr

I am honored to welcome Brenda Brunson-Bey, the founder of Tribal Truths Collections whose Afro/African infused designs ...
04/04/2026

I am honored to welcome Brenda Brunson-Bey, the founder of Tribal Truths Collections whose Afro/African infused designs celebrate the culture while embracing global influences and contemporary styles. Her clothes are rooted in a family legacy of seamstresses and tailors. She brings spiritual and creative purpose to her work.

https://ourtimepress.com/brenda-brunson-bey-delivered-her-increasingly-popular-pastoral-message-sister-who-do-you-think-you-are-to-brooklyns-historic-first-church-congregation-march-29-palm-sunday/

I am honored to welcome Brenda Brunson-Bey, the founder of Tribal Truths Collections whose Afro/African infused designs celebrate the culture while embracing gl

“Mental health, like physical and spiritual health, demands balance and intentional self-care. This new research on the ...
04/04/2026

“Mental health, like physical and spiritual health, demands balance and intentional self-care. This new research on the long-term mental health benefits for HBCU graduates is both bittersweet and entirely logical.

https://ourtimepress.com/binta-vann-family-and-friends-on-the-reasons-hbcus-work-for-us/

“Mental health, like physical and spiritual health, demands balance and intentional self-care. This new research on the long-term mental health benefits for H

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