Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 7 months ago
Conversations around race and disability often get left out of schools. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that a Black girl receive...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
NEW YORK — Black people have a long history of being underrepresented in the business of Broadway shows. That’s why the 77th annual Tony Awards—scheduled for June 16 at Lincoln Center in New York City—could mark a milestone with its potential for a r...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Beautiful African-American woman typing business report on a laptop keyboard while sitting at office desk with documents. Being a small business owner can be equal parts fulfilling and challenging. Consistently learning...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
In recent years, Black-owned businesses have grown at the fastest pace in 30 years. However, despite growing optimism, the path to success for Black entrepreneurs is still paved with systematic barriers in 2024. In addition to the regular pressur...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Anthony Graves has been in therapy more than a decade, but still faces a number of mental health challenges, some of which he’s only just now getting clarity on. “I don’t really feel like I’m on t...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Lindiwe Vilakazi | The Washington Informer | Word In Black (WIB) – National Physical Fitness and Sports Month highlights the importance of physical activity to achieve and maintain a balanced well-being. While good health is a standard...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media (CBM) – The California African American Chamber of Commerce partnered with the California African American Action Fund to host its annual “Honorable Gwen Moore California Legislative...
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By Hannah Ross | Solving Sacramento Panelists at Solving Sacramento’s “Suds & Solutions” event on Thursday, May 9 agreed that the conditions are ripe for Sacramento to be the inclusive economy of its dreams, but the region can’t let the momen...
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By Mauricio Savarese | The Associated Press Paralympian fencer Vanderson Chaves poses for a photo in the gym where he trains, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Just days before he started decisive competiti...
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UNITED STATES, May 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — NATIONAL REPARATIONS CONVENTION BOYCOTT AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RALLY SCHEDULE SANCTIONS BOYCOTT #1DATE: Friday – May 17th – 12 NoonCapital One Bank1947 14th Street – Washingt...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 7 months ago
MAY 15 1911—Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the nation’s leading Black fraternities, is founded on this day on the campus of Indiana University by 10 young men led by Elder W. Diggs and Byron K. Armstrong. 1942—The 93rd Infantry is activated and assig...
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(CNN) —& Rev. William Lawson, a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, according to an obituary posted on the church’s website.& He was 95. Lawson& was known as “Houston’s Pa...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 7 months ago
by Dr. Donald Suggs ST. LOUIS AMERICAN—The fact that exit polls showed that Donald Trump received 9 percent of the Black vote in 2016, the highest number since George Bush in 2000, and then won 12 percent in the presidential race in 2020 should be a...
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By Terri Schlichenmeyer Your toes didn’t wait long before they started tapping. They knew what was coming, almost as soon as the band was seated. They knew before the first notes were played and the hep cats and jazz babies hit the floor to cut a rug...
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Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has signed a global publishing deal with 4x Grammy nominee and jazz/R&B star Patrice Rushen. She is considered one of the world’s top recording artists and composers, performing with and producing for esteemed artists...
