Category : News Talk

These Black Businesses Face Benefits And Obstacles In Aim To Grow

by Jeffrey McKinney June 13, 2024 Working directly with public and private procurement officers among ways Black middle market businesses can grow. Mid-size businesses...

Today in History: June 13, Johnson nominates Marshall to become first Black Supreme Court justice

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Today in History Today is Thursday, June 13, the 165th day of 2024. There are 201 days...

Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Reparations Lawsuit By Last Survivors Of Tulsa Race Massacre

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images= On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that argued they should be compensated by the city. The ruling marked a si...

Political Playback: California Capitol and Government News You Might Have Missed

Bo Tefu | California Black Media Three Black Californians Assume Top Leadership Roles at Weingart Foundation Joanna S. Jackson, President and CEO Weingart Foundation & On June 7, the& Board of Directors of the Weingart Foundation, a...

Legislators, Community Advocates Talk State Of Black Education

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Senator Steven Bradford was once told he should consider trade school instead of college, despite having good grades and a desire to continue on to higher education. Bradford. Advocates at a recent d...

After Facing Two Heart Attacks And Cancer This Founder Launched A Health Festival For Black Men

At 42, Christopher Williams was active and fairly happy. Having created a routine of eating fairly healthy and working out 3-4 times per week, he was doing right by body. That’s why he was particularly shocked when his bo...

Sacramento Pride 2024 goes down as a celebration of community joy

By Madelaine Church | Solving Sacramento Thousands of people fill the streets to attend the annual Sacramento Pride march Sunday, June 9. Madelaine Church, Solving Sacramento More than 30,000 people filled the streets of California’s capital l...

Top Calif. Educators Join Counterparts in D.C. to Measure Progress 70 Years After Brown v. Board Decision

Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media Members of the California Association of African American Superintendents & Administrators, the National Coalition on Education Equity, and conference attendees pose on the steps at the site of the B...

L.A. County Board of Supervisors takes steps towards reparations – Beverly Press & Park Labrea News

With the adoption of the June 4 motion titled Continuing the Work of Reparations in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has taken steps to address the issue of reparations by acknowledging historical wrongdoings and furthe...

Local group will hold community meeting to help minority owned businesses

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and a local group is trying to make sure African Americans who have started or plan to start a business have the information and capital they need. A community m...

Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Reparations Lawsuit by Last Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors

The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a historic reparations lawsuit on Wednesday, filed by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The suit, initiated in 2020, sought compensation for the estimated 300 Black Americans killed when a white mob destr...

Oklahoma court rejects reparations suit from Tulsa massacre survivors

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, rejecting requests for reparations in response to one of the worst incidents of racist violence against Black people in U.S. hi...

Russia could face €30bn climate reparations bill for Ukraine war

Carbon experts have put together the most comprehensive emissions assessment of any war to date. ADVERTISEMENT Russia’s war in Ukraine has emitted roughly 175 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 24 months, according to the most compr...

Real Times Media Co-Owner, Legendary Businessman and Philanthropist Dr. William ‘Bill’ Pickard Passes Away at Age 83

Dr. William “Bill” Pickard – entrepreneur, philanthropist, education advocate, business titan, mentor, and visionary – passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 12, at his West Palm Beach, Fla. home, surrounded by family and loved ones. Dr. Pickard’s da...

State Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre survivors’ pursuit of reparations

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ended a legal journey for the remaining two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Fletcher, 110, sought reparations for the social and economic impacts of the massacre,...