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Chicago, get ready to join Pastor John F. Hannah of New Life Covenant Church SE in the Grand Crossing community on Saturday, May 25, for their annual event, “Prayer on the 9.”& This essential gathering is an opportunity to kick off C...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
Almost three months ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, organizers held a Spring walkthrough for local and national media members on Wednesday at the event’s United Center headquarters.& Those in attendance were not only trea...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
Photo: Getty Images Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) has moved to get her viral comment about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) trademarked. On Sunday (May 19), Crockett filed a trademark application to gain rights to her viral remark “BLEACH BLONDE B...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
PAMELA SUZETTE GRIER MAY 22 1863—The War Department establishes the Bureau of Colored Troops and began to aggressively recruit Blacks for the Civil War. The Black troops would play a major role in turning the tide of battle against the rebellio...
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By Rashad Miller The Dallas Mavericks are headed to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in three seasons after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games of the seven game series. The 2024 Coach of the Year, Mark Daigneault ap...
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The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling declared racially segregated schools unconstitutional, but recent data reveals persistent inequities in U.S. education. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia On...
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By Aswad Walker Mental illness is way more prevalent in the Black community than most want to admit. And with it comes specific challenges impacting our relationships, behaviors, and more. It has been discussed endlessly Black people’s aversio...
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Racism within the healthcare system can not only impact patients, but even traumatize the Black women that work within it. Black Womens Healthcare Trauma To understand Black women’s complicated relationship within the healthcare system, we h...
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As an educator, performance artist, playwright, actor and public servant, Ted Williams III is truly a hyphenate. This man of many talents, who has a profound commitment to education, community service and the arts, has been selected as a 2024 Men of...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
In 1939, a Black entrepreneur opened the Parkway Ballroom in Bronzeville to celebrate Black creativity, enterprise, and community.In this place, Black people from all walks of life came together to be entertained, intrigued and well-fed.The Parkway B...
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Photo: Getty Images Lamor Whitehead, known as New York’s “Bling Bishop,” has been sent to jail ahead of his sentencing for extortion and fraud. According to the New York Daily, Manhattan Federal Judge Lorna Schofield recently revo...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
Here’s something that may surprise you. Most people suck at managing money regardless of how much money they make. Yep, it’s possible to be good at earning money and terrible at spending, saving and investing money. It’s possible to be both a tightwa...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 4 months ago
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The COVID-19 pandemic may be fading in the rearview mirror for many, but the “new normal” introduced (or exposed) several devastating realities. Our nation’s youth, particularly Black students and students from low-income backgrounds, are facing hei...
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By Michaela Rush The latest:& At the most recent& City of Dallas Landmark Commission& meeting, South Dallas neighbors presented a request: approval to move forward with a historical designation overlay for the Queen City neighborh...
