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Tennessee Student Becomes First Black Homecoming Queen In School History

Photo: Getty Images A Tennessee student made history as her school’s first Black homecoming queen. Jayla Miller, a senior at Independence High School in Williamson County, Tennessee, was crowned as homecoming queen earlier this year, per the...

‘Overwhelmingly supported’: Berkeley school district Reparations Task Force presents survey results

The Reparations Task Force of Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, found overwhelming support for reparations in their community engagement survey last week. The survey was conducted as part of the Task Force’s process to make recommendations...

Last chance for ‘justice in their lifetime’: survivors of Tulsa race massacre push for restitution

The two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, thought to be the worst single act of white supremacist violence against African Americans in US history, attended a momentous hearing on Tuesday. The supreme court of Oklahoma considered a...

MR. SONNY KNOWS for April 3, 2024

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The Carr Report: Financial planning tips for retirees

& We spend more time reflecting on life after retirement than we do planning, saving, and investing for retirement. We dream of the day when we’re no longer required to get up and go to work. We think to ourselves, “I’ll have more time for myself...

Avondale welcomes first black-owned pharmacy

By: Jessica Hart CINCINNATI — A Black-owned pharmacy in Avondale is planning to make health care more accessible for underserved communities. Dr. Emmanuel Ayanjoke is the owner of Altev Community Pharmacy. His pharmacy provides a free discount...

BLACK HEALTH MATTERS TO HOST FREE SPRING HEALTH SUMMIT AND EXPO IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Popular health-focused event to feature free screenings, conversations with experts and celebrities WASHINGTON, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Black Health Matters (BHM) – a leading nonprofit health advocacy organization that provides health and...

Remaining survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre make case for reparations before State Supreme Court

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre went before the Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday to make their case for reparations. The last two survivors, Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle and Mother...

Conference focusing on building Black businesses coming to Huntington

HUNTINGTON — The first statewide annual conference to focus on the strategic issues around building Black businesses in Appalachia will take place Monday at Marshall Health Network Arena in Huntington. Stories you migh...

California Advocates and Policymakers Want to Lighten the Load of Medical Debt

Edward Henderson | California Black Media (CBM) – When San Diego resident Bethany Harris began to feel sharp pains in her upper back, she knew something was wrong. After spending three days in the hospital, she was informed that she needed...

President Biden Is Building on the Legacy of Obamacare, Donald Trump Is Trying to Tear it Down

By Jaime Harrison | Word In Black (WIB) – Having worked on Capitol Hill for several years, I’ve seen the work that goes into getting a bill signed into law. It can be grueling, but it gives us an opportunity to transform the lives of millio...

Equity in the Capital: Kacey Lizon and Kendra Macias Reed on transportation equity and what it takes to get from point A to everywhere else

By Nick Brunner | Solving Sacramento Kendra Macias Reed is the deputy director with the Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation (Photo courtesy Kendra Macias Reed) We can see how Sacramento gets to work. We get to school, we get to the gr...