Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Why London’s new slavery memorial is so important: ‘The past that is not past reappears, always, to rupture the present’

A detail from the interior of The Wake.& Khaleb Brooks / London Assembly by Meleisa Ono-George, University of Oxford In 2026, a new memorial to the 12.5 million enslaved people transported to the Americas and Europe – and their descendants – wil...

Queen Mother Bariki Hall Shabazz joins the ancestors

BARIKI HALL SHABAZZ On September 2, 2024, Bariki Hall Shabazz, 90, transitioned peacefully at her home in Pittsburgh, PA and is now resting with the ancestors. Queen Mother Bariki, disciple of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, was a revolutionary, t...

Julianne Malveaux: Trump falls apart

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) as I watched the 45th& president unravel during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.& The Irish poet wrote: Turni...

DON’T LET THEM STEAL YOUR VOTE!

Texas’s lengthy history of voter disenfranchisement is thoroughly the result of white supremacy. Voting laws here are the most deterring in the country. Voter participation is among the lowest, too. These facts are all related. Last month Governor Ab...

Birmingham Housing Authority Welcomes Residents to New $17 Million Development on City’s Southside

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Inside the air-conditioned and soon to be occupied Edgehill at Southtown development on Birmingham’s Southside, Thomas Clark, a future resident, spoke passionately about his new home. “I’m very excited. It’s a...

Birmingham’s Bush Hills Neighborhood Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

birminghamal.gov Birmingham’s Bush Hills neighborhood has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The distinction completes a nearly 10 year effort by the Bush Hills Neighborhood Association to be added to the list. The designation...

Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council Releases Second Announcement of Funding for Community Grants

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee’s Opioid Abatement Council (OAC) today released its second Announcement of Funding for Community Grants.& This offering will add $20 million dollars for approved opioid remediation activities to the tens of millions o...

Nashville Civil Rights activist, political trailblazer Inez Crutchfield dead at 99

In 1994, Inez Crutchfield became the first African American woman to win the Athena Award, honoring exceptional women leaders, and was asked how she wanted to be remembered. Her response was true to how many in Nashville knew her to be – a role mode...

Phaedra Parks Takes on Dancing with the Stars – A Bold New Challenge

Phaedra Parks, the multi-talented attorney and reality TV star, has added yet another achievement to her impressive résumé by joining the cast of Dancing with the Stars for its 2024 season. This exciting venture has not only delighted her fans but ha...

Sisters Network® Inc. Celebrates 30th Anniversary “The Power of Sisterhood” During Free the National Black Breast Cancer Summit

In celebration of 30 years as the pioneer and the leading, black-led national organization dedicated to the black breast cancer crisis movement, Sisters Network® Inc., will host the 2024 National Black Breast Cancer Summit. The event on October 4-6,...

Voting by mail? Election workers are worried about issues at the Postal Service

Top election officials last week sounded the alarm about ongoing delays within America’s mail delivery system and the potential effect on mail-in voting in the upcoming presidential election, a warning that comes as former President Donald Trump con...

Some Indiana districts require permission when parents want to record meetings. Is that legal?

For years, Erin Moon-Walker recorded parent-teacher meetings, both for her own children and for other parents as part of her work as a special education advocate. In her experience, Moon-Walker said recordings serve as a memory aid. They can also...

FBI is investigating suspicious package sent to Indiana’s chief election officer

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and STEVE LeBLANC The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of& suspicious packages& that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than 15 states, but...

Indiana Landmarks receives Black funeral home records

Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program received a collection of records from Indy’s King and King Funeral Home, a historic Black funeral home that served the east side from the 1930s through 1980s. For many years, the funeral home oper...

Parkinson’s Foundation to host first annual Moving Day

The Parkinson’s Foundation will host its first annual Moving Day beginning at 9 a.m. Sept. 21 at Connor Prairie. The event will raise funds to support research, care and educational programs for Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s Disease in...