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Rochester to Celebrate Austin Steward Day

On Tuesday, July 5 Rochester will celebrate Austin Steward Day in celebration of one of the first great black teachers,

Rev. Jonathan J.H. McReynolds, pastor of Aenon Baptist Church, one of the largest black churches in the city, is stepping

pictured above: Members of the Rochester Black Authors’ Group The Rochester Black Authors Association (RBAA) hosted its 6th Annual Black Authors

The Rochester City Council unanimously voted to permanently recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Rochester on each second

The 2022 Rochester Juneteenth Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at Martin Luther

Community advocates recently joined veterans to detail their complaints and call for a change of administration and other reforms they

Above is a snap shot of the new mural honoring local and international Civil Rights icons at East High School,

By John Singleton, III President, Rochester NAACP There was a mass shooting on Saturday, May 14,

Rochester authorities say that the White supremacist gunman who murdered 10 people in Buffalo last Saturday at the Jefferson

Gloria Langston, who with husband Andrew Langston co-founded WDKX-FM, Rochester’s first and only Black-owned radio station, made her transition May