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Five Dallas-area Teens Rep the Big D at Disney Dreamers Academy

Ever been sitting outside on an August summer day in Dallas and wondered, “why in God’s name would the first people to find this place find it, set up shop, hang out for a bit, then experience the first summer and still decide to stay?” Between dabb...

Dallas Love Field Prepares for April 8th Total Eclipse

DALLAS, TX – Dallas Love Field (DAL) is preparing for the highly anticipated Total Eclipse event on April 8, 2024, expecting a significant increase in travelers due to this celestial event of the year. With projections indicating a 30% increase in ro...

‘We had to own the land’: How the Forest Theater became a neighborhood revitalization project

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...

Pushing Past Obstacles to Find Missing Black Women

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...

COLUMN: They Still Can’t See Angel Reese or Her Humanity

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...

Farewell to James A. Washington: A Trailblazer in Black Journalism and Community Advocacy

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...

Historic Black Church Vandalized With Racial Slurs During Easter Weekend

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...

This Week In Black History April 3-10, 2024

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...

River Road African American Museum Celebrates 30th Anniversary

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...

Prom: Magical and Majestic

#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...

Freret Street Festival 2024

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...

Angel Reese…LSU Lady Tigers Controversy…Bigger Than Basketball

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...

InspireNOLA Celebrates 10 Years of Inspiration at Inspire Higher Gala

New Orleans Agenda The 2024 Inspire Higher Gala and Silent Auction was a great night of celebration of ten years of InspireNOLA! Everyone looked amazing, the joy was contagious, and we express our sincerest gratitude to all of the supporters of this...

Federal Aid Swiftly Released for Rebuilding Francis Scott Key Bridge after Tragic Collision

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In a rapid response to the devastating collision between a cargo container ship and the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administr...

Quinn Minute – School recess was the best

by Rix Quinn Do you remember elementary school recess? At our school, we ate lunch right before playtime. We’d line up a single file to walk through the food line. The plate lunch often included gravy-laden mystery meat – beef or possi...