Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

‘Black Excellence Art Exhibition’ celebrates Black history, creativity, culture

THE 2024 HONOREES STANDING FROM LEFT ARE DR. VLADIMIR SURIN, REGINALD OVERTON, MICHAEL ROSE AND CARLOS TAYLOR. SEATED FROM LEFT ARE DR. GERALD FERGUSON,& DUANE WILLIAMS, EVON WALTERS AND DR. QUINTIN BULLOCK. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) The Black...

COMMENTARY: Lady Day and The Lights!

That need to entertain herself while entertaining others made Billie Holiday worth the price of admission at any cost. She was a legend. Sadly, though, her addiction to the drugs that eventually quieted her voice was too much for her. In fact, by the...

James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ is reimagined for a new generation of TV viewers

Actress Anna Sawai, who plays Mariko in FX’s ‘Shōgun,’ attends the Los Angeles premiere of the series on Feb. 13, 2024. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County In 1980, when James Clavell...

Anti-obesity meds can reduce health disparities and save Black lives

by Jonathan Kinloch,& Wayne County Commissioner (District 2)& Over 35% of adults in Michigan are living with obesity, including 42% of Black adults. Obesity disproportionately impacts communities of color who already face systemic inequit...

The roots of the Easter story: Where did Christian beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection come from?

A mosaic of the Resurrection in the Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. FredSeiller/Wikimedia Commons by Aaron Gale, West Virginia University As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin to focus on two of the central tenets of their...

Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday

Mother, father and their little son having fun painting and decorating eggs for holiday together at home. Adobe Stock Photo by Brent Landau, The University of Texas at Austin The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken pl...

Instant Inspiration with Rev. A. Marie Walker for March 31

RESURRECTION SUNDAY – MARCH 31, 2024 “And he said unto them, Be not affrighted: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: HE IS RISEN; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him. But go your way, tell His disciples and Peter th...

UAB: Historical Housing Discrimination and Shortfalls in Colon Cancer Treatment Linked

By Jeff Hansen | UAB News A nationwide study of 196 cities shows that housing discrimination from 90 years ago still casts a historical shadow of inequities in colon cancer care today, S.M. Qasim Hussaini, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Bi...

This Holy Week Nashville Pastors Called for the TN Supermajority to End their “Harmful Policy Agenda”

Nashville, TN – During a very busy and harmful& Holy Week in the TN State Legislature, Tennessee pastors responded.Rev Ingrid McIntyre Connects Holy Week to this year’s legislative session “As a pastor and lifelong Tennessean,...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $15.8 Million to Tennessee to Increase Digital Inclusion Efforts

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced that Tennessee can apply to receive $15,814,288 to empower individuals and communities with the tools, skills, and opportunit...

RIDICULE – The Left’s Latest Strategy to Get Trump

The following article, RIDICULE – The Left’s Latest Strategy to Get Trump, was first published on The Black Sphere. Leftists have thrown all kinds of bombs at Donald Trump. And when the bombs explode, the Left gets hit with Shrapnel and T...

Beloved Actor and Activist Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. Dies at 87

By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Louis Gossett Jr., the groundbreaking actor whose career spanned over five decades and who became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor...

Charlene Crowell: Black Americans continue to face hurdles to homeownership

by Charlene Crowell The approaching spring season signals not only a change in weather; but an annual surge in homebuying. Underscoring this long-standing trend is the annual April observance of Fair Housing Month. Enacted in 1968, the Fair Housing A...

FIREFIGHTER SETTLEMENT

By: Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Houston firefighters overwhelmingly support the proposed settlement to end their eight-year contract impasse with the City of Houston. The agreement, which a judge will receive on Monday, won an un...

Black Family Scholar, Pioneer: HU Presents Lifetime Award To Dr. Andrew Billingsley

One of the highlights of Hampton University’s 42nd Annual Conference on the Black Family was a Lifetime Achievement Award for 98-year-old Dr. Andrew Billingsley, Hampton Institute Class of 1951. Billingsley, a renowned sociologist and pioneer scholar...