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Phpto by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice ORLANDO, Fl. – Led by their drum major Mickey Mouse, a brass band and trio of drum majors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) started a procession into a ballroom at Disney Conte...
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By Jennifer Treijo For the first time in its history, the Forest Theater on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is owned by a Black-led entity.& “Historically, it has been owned by a Jewish family,” says Elizabeth Wattley, president and CEO...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 8 months ago
By Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, City Bureau While the mishandling of missing person cases has been an ongoing problem for Chicago police, there is momentum — at the state, city, and community level — for solutions that...
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Some say that so-called villain Angel Reese got some comeuppance when her LSU Tigers lost to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in Monday night’s Elite Eight matchup.& When Reese fouled out on a questionable call, hundreds of Iowa fans wa...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 8 months ago
James A. Washington The president and general manager of the Atlanta Voice, Washington, always displayed a genuine concern for Black America and its longtime voice, The Black Press of America. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspon...
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Photo: Monashee Frantz / OJO Images / Getty Images An investigation is underway after a historic Black church in Delaware was vandalized with racial slurs and threatening messages over Easter weekend, according to WPIV-TV. New Castle County Police...
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(CNN) —& On Thursday March 28th, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee& dissolved& the board of Tennessee State University (TSU) — the state’s only& public historically black college or university (HBCU)& — with the stroke of his pen. You r...
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The wealthiest people in this country have never had it so good. While income and wealth inequality in the United States is soaring, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty among m...
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(CNN) — President Joe Biden’s scheduled call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday will not simply test the leaders’ increasingly sour relationship.It will also highlight a glaring contradiction in US policy toward the war in Gaz...
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MARIAN ANDERSON APRIL 3 1930—Ras Tafari is proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia—one of the only African nations to successfully resist European colonization. He is renamed Haile Selassie. Blacks in many parts of the world view him as a god-like figur...
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Keith Lee thanks the many people that came out to support the local vendors on Wed., April 3, 2024. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Popular TikTok food critic& Keith Lee& returned to Atlanta on Wednesday to host a free food giveaway....
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Photos by Gerard Preen and Bruce Wayne Marie Bell Data News Weekly Contributor A Celebration of Culture and Introduction of New Executive Director L’Oreal “Kamaria” Evans On Thursday March 21, 2024, River Road African American Museum celebrated its...
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#foogallery-gallery-12867 .fg-image { width: 699px; } Prev 1of13 Next Fashion Story: Prom: Magical and Majestic Fashion Editor – Tracee Dundas | @fashionablyyoursnola Photos Courtesy of B...
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Story and Photos by Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Data News Weekly We are at the beginning of the festival season. This past weekend the Freret Street Festival of 2024 was a vibrant celebration of art, music, and food, stretching across six blocks fr...
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Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Data News Weekly It was a great season for the LSU Lady Tigers Basketball Team. Last year’s NCAA Champions made it to the Elite 8 this year, to be eliminated by their arch-rival Iowa led by Caitlyn Clark. This season the...
