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This Day in History: Young Muhammad Ali Knocks out Sonny Liston Feb 25

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The Vital Role of Healthcare Professionals in Improving Black Mate…

In the healthcare field, professionals are being encouraged to take a more hands-on role in improving Black maternal health. As per the guidance of Dr. Barfield, the DRH Director, the focus is to ensure that women feel heard and supported during pr...

Paolo Banchero’s Last-Second Heroics Lifts Orlando Magic Over Detroit Pistons, 112-109

Paolo Banchero had only scored 12 points through the first 47 minutes and 59.2 seconds of the game. But with 0.8 seconds remaining and the score tied at 109-109, he hit a step-back 18-foot jumper from the left wing and was fouled by Detroit Pistons’...

Fayetteville hosts 7th Black Owned Northwest Arkansas Business Expo

More than 900 people were in attendance, along with more than 85 vendors. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Black Owned Northwest Arkansas Business Expo returned to Fayetteville today, Feb. 24, for the seventh time. The semi-annual event, hosted in the F...

Mental health training could help neighbors in the black community

FAMU and Black Men’s Mental Health are collaborating Sunday for a mental health training to better the community. 16% of Black or African American people reported having mental health issues, according to Mental Health America. Watch the vi...

Nikki Haley, Biden and more denounce Trump suggesting Black voters relate to his indictments

Donald Trump’s primary rival Nikki Haley was among those who quickly called out the former president’s statements on Friday in which he suggested he has strengthened his appeal to Black Americans because, he claimed, they relate to his in...

NWA organization ending Black History Month with their Black Owned Business Expo

Nearly 70 Black entrepreneurs gathered at Fayetteville town center to connect with the community, sell products and celebrate Black culture. This is the 7th biannual expo Black Owned NWA has hosted.“It’s getting bigger and bigger each an...

Celebrating Black History Month & More

By Tommy Ross | Special to The OBSERVER Tommy Ross, Courtesy Photo. Undoubtedly, the Emancipation Proclamation was a pivotal moment in our country’s history. It lifted the spirits and created hope for all enslaved people in America and f...

City councilors split over creating a reparations commission for 1921 Race Massacre

Not surprisingly, Tulsa’s nine-member City Council is not of one voice when it comes to creating a commission to establish and implement a reparations program for the 1921 Race Massacre. As of last week, five of nine councilors were either noncom...

6 Tampa Bay Black-owned businesses you should know about

LARGO — Happy visitors in T-shirts touting Black excellence moved in throngs through Pinewood Cultural Park on Saturday for the Pinellas African American Heritage Celebration. The event sprawled throughout the campus that’s home to the Florida Botani...

Church of England yet to set up £100m slavery reparations fund after a year

The Church of England is yet to set up a promised £100 million slavery reparations fund a year after announcing it was “time to take action to address our shameful past”. The Church said in January last year that the investments into “communities...

NAMI-San Antonio sparks crucial conversation on Black mental health stigma

SAN ANTONIO – In a significant effort to address the stigma surrounding mental illness in the Black community, NAMI-Greater San Antonio (National Alliance on Mental Illness-San Antonio) hosted a thought-provoking event titled “A Convers...

Trump said that ‘the Black people’ like him because of his indictments and mug shot

Politics Trump said that ‘the Black people’ like him because of his indictments and mug sh...

This Digital Health Platform Is Becoming A Safe Haven For Postpartum Black Women

The state of Black women and health care is dire, and we can’t look into the future without looking at the past. One of the most well-documented atrocities against Black women in health care belongs to the “Father of Gynecology,” J. Marion Sim, an Al...

Trump claims Black Americans relate to his criminal prosecution

Former President Donald Trump said he was speaking to President Joe Biden’s worst nightmare while courting Black conservatives at the Black Conservative Federation Gala in Columbia, South Carolina: “Hundreds of proud black conservative American patri...