Lifestyle / News Talk - 10 months ago
By Scott Thomas Anderson | Solving Sacramento Dre Benjamin, out front, and the NolaCal Second Liners, lead the Krewes and Kings of Queens Parade in Oak Park on Feb. 3. (Photo by Scott Thomas Anderson) Festive feathers of a madcap umbrella jump with the snare beats as Dre Benjamin comes dancin...
Entertainment / Music - 10 months ago
A university has said it will “not tolerate” any form of discrimination after what it described as antisemitic graffiti was found painted on a campus building. Two messages were daubed onto the Lasdun Wall walkway at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. A spokesperson said t...
Entertainment / Music - 10 months ago
The Los Angeles City Council passed a motion to have the infamously spray-painted skyscraper cleaned and secured. The owners of the half-built Oceanwide Plaza in downtown L.A. were given until last weekend to take action on their own, but with no response, the city began a $3.8 million process that...
by Toter - 10 months ago
Socialite Bad Black claims that SB4 Media dumped media personality Ann Taylor for a one London-based chic. In a video shared on her Snapchat, Bad Black alleges that SB4 who’s now a “Ssalongo” after welcoming twins with Ann, dumped Ann Taylor and went on with a London based woman who she didn...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said he will have no problem steering Black athletes away from colleges and universities in Alabama if state lawmakers passed a bill that would prohibit public institutions of higher education from maintaining diversity, equit...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
Times staff report Some of the greatest individuals in Black history have delivered some of the most significant speeches in American history. Their names and words are iconic. In the 1800s, Sojourner Truth—born into slavery, and dedicated to the causes of abolition and obtaining equal rights for wo...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
By Crystal Smitherman | Special to The Times It would be impossible to calculate the massive impact that Black culture has made on the world – from art, to dance, to music to fashion and so on. The arts serve as a mirror reflecting the diversity of human experiences, yet historically, Black artists...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 10 months ago
Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Around 15 Black students gathered at 119 Euclid — now the Barner-McDuffie House — Wednesday night for a mental health talk titled “Mind your Matter.” Attendees shared and listened to each others’ stories, p...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
As we continue our safety series during Black History Month spotlighting African Americans who played pivotal roles in helping keep Americans safe through their inventions and/or cutting-edge innovations, we must focus our attention this week on Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the first succ...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
EJI DIRECTOR BRYAN STEVENSON, EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE EJI.ORG, FEB. 19.
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 10 months ago
Jpmcjhase.com Building on its successful branch expansion into Alabama that started in 2019, Chase is adding to its local branch presence with a new location in Hoover. This will be Chase’s ninth branch in the state and the sixth in Jefferson County. The first two locations in Birmingham were downto...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 10 months ago
FEBRUARY 21 1933—Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C. She was a child prodigy who was playing the piano by age 4. She had numerous songs to her credit, but one of the most memorable was “Mississippi Goddam” which was composed as a protest against the terro...
by Toter - 10 months ago
Here’s another reason why “Inside The NBA” is so legendary. They have one of the greatest panels in TV history when it comes to the TNT television program. The real deal are Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny Smith. Though, to be honest, we think they...
Entertainment / Music - 10 months ago
Choreographer Romeo Cantu adjusts the teams starting position for their performance during practice for the Street Legends Dance Crew Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the J&J Hip Hop Dance & Performing Arts Company in Colorado Springs. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
Lifestyle / News Talk - 10 months ago
WILKES BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Local business professionals gathered this evening at a networking event focused on supporting black-owned businesses within northeastern Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre Power meets monthly to network with fellow community members. This month, the group decided...
