Funeral Planned For Slain NYPD Officer

News

Yesterday, about 250 people marched in Harlem during a rally for Omar Edwards, the off-duty police officer who was fatally shot in Harlem by a fellow cop. Edwards, who was black, had been pursuing a man suspected of breaking into his car with his gun drawn; his shooter, police officer Andrew Dunton, was white. According to the Reverend Al Sharpton said, “We’re not here to play the race card. We’re trying to stop the card from being played on black law enforcement.”

Harlem Children’s Zones Model Across America

Education

Harlem Children’s Zone & PolicyLilnk Team Up

At Congressional Black Caucus Educational Briefing in DC

On Thursday, May 21, Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder & CEO of PolicyLink, a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity, joined distinguished members from the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ); leading educational and policy experts; and lawmakers in Washington, DC for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s  “Promise Neighborhoods: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Recommendation”.

The educational briefing addressed President Barack Obama’s FY2010 budget request, which allocated funds to support the development of 20 promise Neighborhoods modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone to “improve academic achievement and life outcomes in high-poverty areas.”

HW Bio Frankie Manning

Biography

Early years

Frankie Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founding fathers of the Lindy Hop. was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He frequented Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious “Cat’s Corner,” a corner of the dance floor in which impromptu exhibitions and competitions took place. During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner Frieda Washington performed the first air step (often referred to as an aerial) in a swing dance competition against George “Shorty” Snowden and his partner Big Bea, at the Savoy Ballroom. The air step he performed was a “back to back roll” and was danced while Chick Webb played “Down South Camp Meeting”, which was Manning’s request after having heard the song earlier in the evening. The airstep went flawlessly to the music and astonished over 2,000 audience members watching.

N Harlem Relocates!

Business

N Boutique is MOVING to an exciting new location a few blocks away from the West 116th street store. If you are not currently on N’s mailing list or have changed your mailing address, please forward your information to “info@nharlemnewyork.com” so that you can be apprised on the new store opening and re-launch event! Thank you so much for your continued support.

best, Lenn Shebar, Owner, N Harlem

Sports: Jazz And Basketball Mashup

Music & Sports

Musician Wynton Marsalis joins sports columnist William C. Rhoden…

…to talk about the differences between the hardcourt and the bandstand.

Interview With President Obama On How-To Make Selections

Politics

On Friday, May 22, C-SPAN sat down with Pres. Obama at the White House for an exclusive interview…

…He talked about a wide-range of topics including the auto industry, health care, and the Supreme Court.

First Person: Remembering The President’s Grandfather

History

Ralph Dunham, whose brother Stanley was Barack Obama’s grandfather…

…recalls their experience abroad during World War II. Dunham is reminded of his brother every time Obama is on television. (May 30)

Presidents Weekly Address (5.30.09)

Politics

The President discusses the breadth and depth of experience held by his nominee for the Supreme Court.

In the course of a life that began in a housing project in the South Bronx and brought her to the pinnacle of her profession, Judge Sonia Sotomayor accumulated more experience on the federal bench than any incoming Supreme Court Justice in the past 100 years, touching nearly every aspect of our legal system.

NBA Highlights From May 29th

Sports

Lakers on the road to the final two.

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Free Business Admisssion And GMAT Prep Session

Education

Business school applications are on the rise. Competition for admissions is keener than ever. So, why not step up your MBA game? Bell Curves and LEEDS Coaching have teamed up to present a free information session to get you ready for the exciting, yet challenging business school admissions process.

Akil Bello, co-founder and Vice President of Bell Curves, and Claudia Sampson, Founder and Managing Partner of Leeds Coaching, each have over a decade of experience and expertise in the business school admissions field. They will provide extensive information about the business school admissions process and how to effectively prepare for the GMAT. There will be ample time provided for Q&A.

Wednesday, June 10^th

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

147 West 35^th Street, Suite 709 (7^th Floor)

New York, NY 10001

(Between Broadway and 7^th Avenue)

Help Win The Rally Against Cancer In Harlem

Event Please join us on Friday, June 5, 2009 from 5 PM to 8 PM on the plaza of the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building at 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.

Exclusive: Cop On Cop Crime In Harlem?

Exclusive

Investigators on Friday were trying to piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting of an off-duty New York City police officer by a fellow officer who mistook him for an armed criminal on a dark and mist-shrouded street in East Harlem late Thursday night.

The slain plain clothes officer, Omar J. Edwards, 25, of Brooklyn, who was assigned to patrol housing projects, was shot in the arm and chest after a team of three other plainclothes officers in a car saw him chasing a man on East 125th Street between First and Second Avenues with his gun drawn, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said.

Sources identified the officer who fired the shots as Andrew Dunton, a four-year veteran of the force from Long Island.