On Friday, family, friends, and community members will gather to pay tribute to Gylan Kain, the Harlem-born poet and performer, and founder of the Last Poets. Kain sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 81. Those who knew him and celebr.
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Piri Thomas, revered as an icon of New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood (El Barrio) and author of Down These Mean Streets, was honored last weekend by fans and fellow artists at the Museo del Barrio Wilda Escarfuller reports for The Americas Quarterly. Thomas passed away last year, and was known for infusing terms like cheverete!…
An obituary by Clay Risen for The New York Times. He was the voice of the Young Lords in the 1970s, pushing to improve life in poor New York neighborhoods. Later, he won Emmys as a local media celebrity. Pablo Guzmán, who gained widespread media attention in the early 1970s as a leader of the…