Aerial view of New York City skyline with Central Park and Manhattan, USA

Seneca Village: The Black Town Under Central Park

Decades before Central Park’s existence, a small part of the land was known as Seneca Village, a self-sufficient, middle-class African-American…
by Bilal G. Morris
03.17.22
Amy Cooper

Central Park 'Karen' Prosecuted For False Police Report

Amy Cooper could face charges for dialing the police on Christian Cooper.
by Royce Dunmore
10.01.21
Christina Cooper from the Central Park Karen video

Christian Cooper's Activism History Before Central Park

The man has been fighting for human rights for decades.
by Royce Dunmore
09.30.21
Christina Cooper from the Central Park Karen video

Meet Christian Cooper, Who Exposed Central Park 'Karen'

"Karen" receives backlash for calling the cops on Cooper after he told her that her dog should be on a…
by Royce Dunmore
09.30.21
Amy Cooper

'Karen' Strikes Again

The Black man who recorded a white woman threatening to call the cops on him for not committing a crime…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
09.30.21
Barnard College Student Stabbed To Death In Robbery Near Campus

Barnard College Killing, Central Park 5 Cases Similar

The grisly stabbing killing of Tessa Majors, a Barnard College freshman, bears a handful of the damning hallmarks of the…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
03.30.20
Albro And Mary Lyons

Monument Will Honor NYC’s Black Seneca Village Community

A new monument will honor the legacy of a historic Black community that was displaced due to the creation of…
by NewsOne Staff
03.30.20
Manhattan & Central Park from Top of the Rock

Black Men Blamed For Fake NY Robbery

The New York Police Department recently arrested a 22-year-old man who they said falsely claimed that two Black men had…
by Clarissa Hamlin
05.30.17