News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 9 months ago
By Chanda Temple | birminghamal.gov Nine-year-old honoree Milana Price during the unveiling of the StrongHer art exhibit last Friday on the second-floor lobby of Birmingham City Hall. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times) Milana “LaLa” Price was 4 years old when a medical report shook her family...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 9 months ago
By Chanda Temple | birminghamal.gov Losing her husband to a massive heart attack was gut-wrenching for Candace Chandler. Then, one month later, she miscarried the couple’s first baby. Another gut-wrenching moment. Experiencing the back-to-back losses in 2017 left Chandler lost, confused and severely...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 9 months ago
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times Even though he didn’t know it at the time, Dr. Ronald Agee worked a job while young that prepared him for a career he never expected. “[My siblings and I] had an uncle who had a shoe shop by Legion Field, and, when we were small, he made us work in th...
by Toter - 9 months ago
Jon Gruden, a former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Las Vegas Raiders, is intriguingly making a comeback to football. The European League of Football’s Milano Seamen, an American football team, revealed on Wednesday that Gruden will be working as an advisor to “improve our or...
by Toter - 9 months ago
The Seattle Seahawks are preparing for the 2024 NFL season by making significant roster changes. Geno Smith is expected to start at quarterback, but Seattle needs a new backup. On Tuesday, March 12, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport revealed that quarterback Drew Lock would be joining the New York Gi...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
By Dianne Anderson Cash is always king, but policies in the works could jumpstart reparations for Black Californians without breaking the bank. Earlier this year, the State Legislative Analyst’s Office projected a $38 billion budget deficit, meaning money is tight, and direct compensation is not li...
by Toter - 9 months ago
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat (above) visited The Atlanta Voice office on Tuesday, Mar. 12 in order to complete our series of stories on everyone campaigning for the office of sheriff in Georgia’s largest county. Labat was elected sheriff in 2020. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice...
Entertainment / Music - 9 months ago
It’s a party at SXSW and Carolina is ready to make it rain! She hit the red carpet once again for the premiere of the Magic City documentary. The legendary Atlanta strip club and a pillar of hip-hop culture. She got to talk to some of the beautiful ladies and prominent rappers that help make...
Entertainment / Music - 9 months ago
by Toter - 9 months ago
Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta Voice AUSTIN, TX- Two back-to-back premieres this week during Texas’ popular music and film festival SXSW shine the spotlight on popular black culture in the 1990s in Atlanta. The first installment of a three-part docuseries, Magic City: An American Fantasy,...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 9 months ago
“We’ve come a long way, baby” is a phrase that was popular years ago. It was a Virginia Slims cigarette ad that targeted women and alluded to the changing status of women in American society. Not too long-ago women were treated as second-class citizens. It’s surprising that so many people today don’...
Community Forum / Forum Talk - 9 months ago
The history of relations between Native Americans and the federal government of the United States has been fraught. To many Native Americans, the history of European settlement has been a history of wary welcoming, followed by opposition, defeat, near-extinction, and, now, a renaissance. To Europea...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 9 months ago
In a hard-fought battle at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, TN, Memphis Middle College faced a tough opponent in Gordonsville. The game was a gritty defensive showdown, with Memphis Middle College ultimately falling short, 40-49. Memphis Middle College started slowly, scoring just 3 points in the...
Entertainment / Music - 9 months ago
It’s Under The Stars, babe. A quasi-weekly column that presents new music releases, upcoming shows, opinions, and other adjacent items. We keep moving with the changes and thinking outside the margins. Keep. Dancing. Let’s get it! DJ STEF FEST, SAT/16 AT DRAKES DEALERSHIP, OAKLAND DJ culture is such...
by Toter - 9 months ago
Renowned eight-time Grammy Award-winning superstar Anita Baker today announced a special Mother’s Day weekend performance at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, May 11. Ms. Baker is returning to the stage for this one-night-only performance following her successful sold-out 2023 The Songs...
