Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

The 2024 S.W.A.G. Awards

& ANOTHER YEAR OF THE S.W.A.G. AWARDS iS IN THE BOOKS! THE 2024 AWARDS WERE HELD, MARCH 23, AT THE CIRCUIT CENTER AND BALLROOM, SOUTH SIDE. THIS PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS ALL THE AWARDEES. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) SHARISE NANCE, FOUNDER OF THE S.W.A.G...

Morning Star Baptist Church in Clairton to celebrate 105th Church Anniversary

REVEREND DR. VICTOR J. GRIGSBY Morning Star Baptist Church is celebrating its 105th Church Anniversary with a week-long celebration including a Spring Revival, Anniversary Banquet and Worship Service. The theme of the anniversary is, “A Family Mov...

Iowa vs. South Carolina wasn’t just about basketball

Head coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks cuts down the net after beating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on April 07, 2024 in Cleveland, O...

The unfinished business of John F. Kennedy’s vision for world peace

John and Jackie Kennedy in Paris in May 1961. Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images by Philip A. Goduti, Jr., Quinnipiac University Less than a week after her husband’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, Jackie Kennedy granted an interv...

Morgan Price Becomes First HBCU Gymnast to Win National Collegiate Title

By Cara Tabachnick | CBS News Gymnast Morgan Price became the first athlete from a historically Black college or university team to win a national collegiate championship on Friday. The Fisk University student clinched the title with an all-around sc...

David Marshall: DEI has become the new dog whistle

MARYLAND GOV. WES MOORE (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Despite the wide-ranging opinions and perspectives held by individuals representing different cultures and political persuasions, there is one common dominator that should always connect people of goodwill...

Nashville Fire Department Adds 36 New Firefighters

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The Nashville Fire Department added 36 new firefighters to the department during a graduation ceremony at Madison Church of Christ on Friday, April 12th. Among the recruits are 6 NFD “Crossover Recruits” these are...

Alcohol Ban Coming to TN Wildlife Management Areas with the Exception of Designated Areas

NASHVILLE — Alcohol possession and consumption will be prohibited on Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) Wildlife Management areas statewide, effective April 15 with the exception of designated areas. Alcohol is only permitted at design...

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY HAS A NEW PRESIDENT

By: Prairie View A&M University Tomikia P. LeGrande, Ed.D., became the ninth president of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) on June 1, 2023. Her career in higher education is marked by successive leadership roles and professional achievemen...

PREMIERE OF STAGOLEE AND THE FUNERAL OF A DANGEROUS WORD

By: Shannon Emerick Main Street Theater (MST) is producing the world premiere of Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word by nationally-acclaimed Houston playwright, Thomas Meloncon. Main Street previously produced the world premiere of Meloncon’...

Diana Chappell: Norfolk Social Activist, Folklorist, & Now, Photographer

Diana Chappell, known for her work as a social activist and folklorist, recently held her photography exhibition, "In the Spirit of Sankofa," at the For All Handkind Gallery in Norfolk. This marks Chappell's journey from activism to artistic photogr...

BRAVES CELEBRATE 50 YEARS SINCE HOME RUN RECORD

By: Fox 5 On April 8, 1974, history was made in Atlanta as Hank Aaron knocked his 715th ball out of the park, topping the Great Bambino, Babe Ruth. That was the day Hammerin’ Hank Aaron cemented himself as the home run king. “Aaron waiting. The outfi...

PASSING OF LOUIS GOSSETT JR.

By: Anita Gates Louis Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” both times playing a mature man who guides a younger one taking on a new role — but in drastically different circumstances — d...

WHAT HAPPENED TO REBUILD HOUSTON?

By Travis McGee Rebuild Houston was voted on in 2010 and 14 years later its still missing in action. Rebuild Houston was said to be a dedicated fee that could only be used for drainage and infrastructure. The alleged “Lock Box” seemed to have an exce...

ETERNAL HAPPINESS

Only when God approves of your work can an individual truly be happy, because happiness does not come from the accumulation of the things which individuals possess, because: “Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life.” (John 6: 35a). Hence, happin...