Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less

Adobe Stock Photo by Sarah Stonbely, Northwestern University Is local news readily available in your town? Do reporters still cover your school board and other municipal meetings? If you answered yes, you are likely wealthier than the average America...

Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) and Diageo North America kick off partnership to tackle impaired driving in the U.S.

The MADD-Diageo relationship will focus on education, awareness, and & prevention campaigns to help end impaired driving. (WASHINGTON, D.C.)& — Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) and Diageo North America have agreed to a new partnership...

Darryl Love, Birmingham-Area Chemist, Included in Painting With Black Science Trailblazers

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. | For The Birmingham Times Tour de Love, the journey of a painting featuring Black science trailblazers and local chemist Darryl Love, made it back home last week where it all began a year ago. Evonik, one of the world’s leadi...

Messages of Inspiration Shared with Students at Huffman Middle School Summit

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Nearly 30 professionals in fields representing authors, attorneys, educators and entrepreneurs spoke words of guidance and encouragement to students at the annual Female Summit at Huffman Middle Sc...

Birmingham’s YouthSpeak Event a Celebration of African Americans in the Arts

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Birmingham City Councilor Crystal Smitherman said she felt right at home Friday at the Red Mountain Theatre and wanted to make sure students from throughout Jefferson County did as well. “I can remember when I was...

Cedric Akbar: Community advocate and catalyst for positive change in San Francisco

Cedric Akbar in his office at Positive Directions Equals Change at Third and Newcomb in downtown Bayview Hunters Point – Photo: Kevin Epps by Kevin Epps This past week I sat down with Cedric Akbar, candidate for the AD 17 (Assembly District 17...

David Marshall: Whites must feel the direct pain from White supremacy

JACK KEMP by David Marshall (TriceEdneyWire.com)—The meaning of being “woke” is simple. It means being awakened to the needs of others. Being “woke” is understanding something you may not have previously understood while now arriving at the point of...

Dave & Buster’s to open new location in Clarksville

Clarksville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Arcade and food chain Dave & Buster’s is to open a new location at a mall in Clarksville, according to Intergame. The 35,000sq.ft space will be at Governor’s Square Mall and feature the usual Dave &...

MTSU alumnus secures $18K-plus AV equipment donation for Media and Entertainment

Murfreesboro, Tenn. (TN Tribune)- A Middle Tennessee State University alumnus representing a global entertainment technology company recently donated lighting equipment worth more than $18,000 to the College of Media and Entertainment to help train...

Keri Hilson, Ahmaud Arbery’s parents among honorees at Georgia Legislative Black Caucus 42nd Annual Heritage Dinner

During the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus’s (GLBC) 42nd Annual Heritage Dinner, Marcus Arbery explained his passion for justice has not wavered. Friday was the fourth anniversary the death of Marcus’s son, Ahmaud Arbery. Held at the Georgia...

Georgia Senate backs $5 billion state spending increase, including worker bonuses and roadbuilding

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Senate is supporting changes to the state budget that would add $5 billion in spending, including money for bonuses already paid to state employees and teachers, additional roadbuilding, new dental and medical schools, and p...