Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Josephine Baker: Did they forget?

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – I listened to all the honors given in recent ceremonies at Normandy and surrounding events where many died serving in the military, risking their lives to save democracy. Maybe someone mentioned her, but I didn’t hear a single...

James Lawson civil right icon and extremist

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Between 1941 and 1945 some 6 million Jews were systematically murdered across German-occupied Europe during World War II. As part of a state-sponsored genocide, two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population was executed. As a resul...

Celebrating Juneteenth

(Children’s Defense Fund) – The White House hosted an early Juneteenth concert on June 10 this year, and when President Biden spoke at the celebration, he said that when the Biden-Harris administration made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021...

Why Black Republicans Aren’t Persuading Black Voters

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. If you want to know why Black people don’t vote for R...

Giants-Cardinals Cap Emotional, Inspiring Week of Historic Baseball in Birmingham, Alabama

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times As he walked around the concourse of historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Atlanta’s Danny Reines borrowed from the movie ‘Field of Dreams’ as he asked, “Is this heaven?” And, answering his own questi...

Birmingham Museum of Art Presents African Heritage Festival on Saturday

artsbma.org The return of its African Heritage Festival will take place on Saturday, June 22, from 1-5 p.m. This year’s festival offers a fun day celebrating the richness of African cultures and traditions through discussions, workshops, perfo...

CSLA COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR

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The Atlanta Voice brings home 6 NNPA Messenger Awards from annual convention

The Atlanta Voice won second place in the Environment category. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice BALTIMORE, MD. – The Atlanta Voice earned six awards for journalistic excellence at this year’s National Newspaper Publishers Ass...

Atlanta Voice earns six awards for journalistic excellence at NNPA Messenger Awards

The Atlanta Voice earns six awards for journalistic excellence at NNPA Messenger Awards

JUNETEENTH

It is no exaggeration to say that Black fighters won the Civil War. After Frederick Douglass convinced Congress to accept Blacks into the army and navy, by the end of the war 179,000 had joined. A common theme in the campaign to recruit Black soldie...