(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County Executive George Latimer, the Westchester County Board of Legislators and the Westchester Women’s Advisory Board selected 17 women from across the County who exemplify strength, community service and leadership. Each honoree will receive a proclamation from the County Executive for their work at the next virtual meeting of the Women’s Advisory Board on March 21. Latimer said: “Westchester County is made up of so many extraordinary women

By Oscar H. Blayton, Esq. The truth of history is often best found in those traces overlooked by those who seek to bend historical narratives in order to favor their own ends. The city of Paris is a good case in point. We can start with the name “Paris,” which is pronounced “Par-ee” by native French speakers in a way that could be translated to mean “The house of Isis” in the language of the Ancient Egyptians. In the First century B.C.E., Julius Caesar wrote in Chapter 57 of

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On March 16, 1827, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm founded the first Black-owned newspaper in the U.S. They did so because there were no Black voices in the debate over the abolition of slavery. In their first editorial, Cornish and Russwurm wrote: “in short, whatever concerns us as a people, will ever find a ready admission into the Freedom’s Journal.” “One hundred and ninety-five years la

By Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) For the past three days, I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of being a part of the historic nomination hearings for the next Supreme Court Justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Facing ridiculous questions from my Republican colleagues she has met every challenge, and thoroughly answered every query. But, I don’t want to focus on partisan attacks. Instead I want to share with you what I shared with Judge Jackson last night. In the entire nearly

(CHICAGO) ― Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for “Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,” an intimate documentary film introducing the storied history of Alpha Kappa Alpha, America’s first sorority for Black college women. Narrated by Phylicia Rashad and written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper, Twenty Pearls tells the story of a powerful sisterhood created in 1908 that has influenced significant watershed mom

During Women’s History Month, the Westchester County Press will feature local lead-HERS in the fields of medicine, sports and entertainment, education, the law, social justice, and business. Question: What is highly desirable but difficult to find or obtain? A) Medical Degree B) Unicorn C) A and B For Camille A. Clare, M.D., MPH and Heather A. McGowan, M.D., the answer is C. Both women earned medical degrees and are considered to be unicorns in their field because Black fem

At 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, 1855, Celia was hung in Callaway County, Missouri. Her crime: Defending herself against a rapist who had sexually assaulted her for years. There is no documentation of Celia’s birthdate, birthplace or parentage. Her recorded history begins when she was purchased at the age of 14 in 1850 by a man named Robert Newsom. Records show that Newsom purchased Celia in Audrain County, Missouri, but the record is unclear as to whether the first time he raped her

For the first time in American history, a Black woman has been nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. By selecting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Feb. 25, President Joe Biden completed his pledge to select a Black woman for the court for the first time in history. A Black woman has never served on the U.S. Supreme Court since it was created in 1789 — over 232 years ago. Since then, only two other Black persons have served on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, who wa