Coca-Cola Foundation Awards $4 Million

The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company, has awarded grants totaling $4 million to 38 organizations across the U.S. and Canada in the fourth quarter of 2010. In line with the Foundation’s commitment to building sustainable communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, this grant funding will help support local initiatives in 11 states, including the District of Columbia and one Canadian province.

MTA Update: Train Service On The Harlem Line

Train Service on the Harlem Line is temporarily suspended in both directions while we inspect tracks and switches in the Bronx.

The MTA is urging its customers to stay home today if at all possible.

HW Pick: Bell & Ross Mens Chrono Auto Titanium

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For nearly two decades French watchmakers Bell & Ross have been assembling some of the most technical and utilitarian timepieces in the industry.

Teena ‘Lovergirl’ Marie Passes

From R. Nelson, Facebook

According to Roland Martin, R&B singer Teena Marie has passed away at the age of 54 today. Martin cites Marie’s manager, Mike Gardner.

Harlem Snow On 12.26.2010 At 4 pm

MTA Updates: Parking And Amtrak

1. Alternate side parking has been canceled citywide for Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 to facilitate snow removal. Parking meters remain in effect.

2. Amtrak train service between Harlem/New York and Boston is cancelled. Passengers are encouraged to call 1-800-USA-RAIL or www.Amtrak.com for schedule information.

The (Harlem) Snow Fairy By Claude McKay

The photo was taken during today’s snow fall in Harlem on the west side in the 120′s. The image was taken of an elderly woman walking home from shopping or going shopping. She reminded me of a Harlem snow fairy, that made me think of the poem (below) by Claude McKay “The Snow Fairy.”:

Harlem Man Dreams of Reopening Metro Theater

Michael Oliva strolled past the derelict Metro Theater on Broadway and West 99th Street for months, thinking, “Someone should do something with that old place.” Then one day he realized that someone was him.

HW Pick: Lay This Body Down… (book)

Fifty years after slavery was believed to have ended in the U.S., John S. Williams, a Georgia plantation owner, was convicted of murdering 11 “slaves” held in peonage on his property. Also convicted was Clyde Manning, the black overseer who had been raised and used by Williams since childhood. Manning, who supplied crucial testimony against Williams, claimed that he was forced to kill most of the men on threat of his own death.

HW Bio: Hubert Henry Harrison

Hubert Henry Harrison (April 27, 1883 – December 17, 1927) was a West Indian-American writer, orator, educator, critic, and radical political activist based in Harlem, New York. He was described by activist A. Philip Randolph as

…the father of Harlem radicalism…

and by the historian Joel Augustus Rogers as “the foremost Afro-American intellect of his time.”

HW Bio: Richard Wright (video)

Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of powerful, sometimes controversial novels, short stories and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes. His work helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century. Wright was born on the Rucker Plantation in Roxie, Mississippi, the first of two sons to Ella Wilson, an elementary schoolteacher, and Nathaniel Wright, an illiterate, alcoholic sharecropper.

HW Pick: ‘The Fire Next Time’ Signed By James Baldwin

Collect this rare hardcover book The Fire Next Time signed by James Baldwin with white cloth binding tight and straight, corners sharp. Red spine title, faint red topstain. Black endpapers. It’s inscribed on half title page: “To ____ Best, James Baldwin.”