The sale of some of Nomsa's paintings were sold to fund the nonprofit charity created in honor of her husband, Elombe Brath.

Nomsa credits Goldie with instilling in her the love for reading, books, and independent thinking.

She was the wife of Elombe Brath, who was an International Pan Africanist and Pioneer of the Black Arts Movement.

She has part of a panel discussion hosted by Hugh Bernard Price, who was the president of the National Urban League.

The African Jazz Arts Society Studio (AJASS) was comprised by organizers Elombe Brath, Kwame Brathwaite, Robert Gumbs, Frank Adu, Chris Asmandeces Hall, David K. Ward, Leroy “Satch” Giles, Jimmy Abu Williams, and Ernest Baxter.

They produced jazz concerts and AJASS started the Grandassa Models, and the theme was “Black Is Beautiful.” They were influenced by Carlos A. Cooks, and the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement (ANPM).

The (ANPM) grew out of the Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League UNIA Movement.

The UNIA hosted on Garvey Day, August 17 of each year a "Miss Natural Standard of Beauty Contest."

[7] Nomsa became an icon for Black female empowerment in the New York Citizen Call Newspaper cartoon strip.

Afterward, these fliers were distributed in Harlem for Cultural political events, highlighting the voice of the urban community.

It was known that 20% of the schools in New York City had asbestos, and the risk of mesothelioma to younger children had not been properly addressed.

Today, The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, is responsible for outlining and enforcing federal laws related to asbestos in school buildings.

The loophole for schools around removing asbestos is that they only need an in-place plan to manage to reduce the risks of exposure.

Nomsa's husband Elombe and his involvement in media communications of television and radio helped to publicize the injustices.

In 2002 the 5 young men known in the media as the Central Park 5 were exonerated due to the confessions of Matias Reyes.

Black Women in America edited by Kim Marie Vaz, High-Profile Crimes by Lynn S. Chancer, and The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding by Sarah Burns, which addressed Nomsa's significance in this case.

The film suggests that Prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer of the New York District Attorney's Office poked little holes of doubt in every witness’ testimony.

In the miniseries about Central Park 5 directed by Ava DuVernay and released in April 2019, When They See Us, Nomsa Brath was played by actress Adepero Oduye.