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Proposed Holiday for Rosa Parks

By V.S. Santoni On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress, made a courageous decision that would ignite the Montgomery Bus Boycott and catalyze the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Parks, having boarded a city bus in Mo...

The Road to Recovery Celebrated by Memphis Woman

By Wiley Henry EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first installment of a two-part series about a woman who turned her life around after a tumultuous battle with alcohol and drug addiction. MEMPHIS, TN — Meishal Berniece Henry is deliriously happy. She...

College Football’s Greed Exposed

If anyone has any doubts that major college football is first and foremost a big money enterprise driven by television dollars, they should be forever convinced by what the college football playoff committee did this past Sunday. For the first...

“Color Purple” Special Airs This Weekend

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” has previously been released as a film and also in a theatrical version. But there’s a new, updated film adaptation coming to theaters for Christmas. This week viewers can get an...

Nashville African American Wind Symphony at Scarritt Bennett Center

NASHVILLE, TN — Join the Nashville African American Wind Symphony (NAAWS) and Scarritt Bennett Center for a magical evening of Christmas music and giving. The concert, scheduled for December 10 from 5-7 pm, will be a blend of classical and contempo...

“Renaissance” Tops Box Office

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Concert films are proving a big draw this season as theatrical releases. Over the weekend the biggest high profile and most successful film released was “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,”& It was the followup to “T...

Streamed Artists Reflect Diversity of Music

By Ivan Sanchez Spotify, a popular music streaming service, has recently unveiled “Spotify Wrapped 2023.”& This list documents the top genres, songs, and artists streamed by people all over the world over the last year.& This year...

Chapman Makes History at CMA Awards

By V.S. Santoni Tracy Chapman, the acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist, recently made history by becoming the first Black songwriter to receive the prestigious Country Music Association’s Song of the Year award. This landmark achi...

New Guyana St. Lucia Association Executive Elected

The Guyanese Community of St Lucia has appointed a new seven-member Executive. The new team is led by its President, Patrick. A. Chester and was elected at a special meeting on November 4, 2023. The other Executive members are as follows; Vice Pre...

National vision, locally focused: Diversity in Leadership

The mission of the Diversity in Leadership Program is to serve as a catalyst for the advancement of ethnic minorities and women in central Indiana facilitated through the development of talent pipelines for higher education and industry. Founded in...

Q&A with Santa: Meet Santa Josiah

Indianapolis has a handful of Santas who spend Nov. 25-Dec. 25 bustling around the city, helping to make the holiday season magical for kids and parents alike. For the last eight years, local pastor and educator Josiah McCruiston has been Santa...

ACLU files lawsuit against McKeesport, its police department, Allegheny County

LAWSUIT FILED—Solomon Furious Worlds, staff attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Tanisha Long with the Abolitionist Law Center, McKeesport resident Courtney Thompkins, Take Action Advocacy Group CEO Fawn Walker Montgomery. Black residents say police...