Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Women’s History Month: Mother Of Marian Anderson Was Lynchburg, Va. Native

"Delve into the Virginia roots of opera sensation Marian Anderson, tracing her journey from Lynchburg to international acclaim. Discover how her legacy transcends racial prejudice, leaving an indelible mark on the world of music." #WomensHistoryMont...

Bills passed, failed in Indiana’s 2024 legislative session

The 2024 Indiana legislative session finished earlier this month, and the bills that passed are being sent to the Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk for signature. The 100-member Indiana House of Representatives and 50-member Senate discuss approximate...

Indianapolis Black Theatre Company to debut with ‘Platanos y Collard Greens’

Indianapolis’ theater scene is growing as a new company joins the ranks. Indianapolis Black Theatre Company (IBTC), spearheaded by Founding Artistic Director Ben Rose, is the newest and only resident theater company to be housed at the District...

Divine 9 & divine interventions: Denouncing Black Greek letters

With numerous testimonials on YouTube and TikTok from ex-members of Divine Nine (D9) Black Greek sororities and fraternities, the idea of denouncing letters has been a topic of conversation through the years.Some opponents of D9 have expressed that t...

The Children’s Museum opens Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience

The Indianapolis Children’s Museum kicked off the seventh season of its “Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience” March 16. Sports Legends is open throughout the summer and offers families a chance to participate in over...

The Duquesne Dukes—Let the dancing begin

:10—Well, well, well, and you thought the big story coming out of this past weekend would be the Steelers and their new QBs. Guess again kids—How about them Duquesne Dukes punching their ticket to The Big Dance by beating VCU in a close one, 57-51,...

Colts free agency so far

Free agency officially opened in the NFL March 13. With the beginning of free agency, the vision for the 2024 NFL season is coming into view as teams across the league start making minor and major changes to rosters. During the free agency period...

Children’s Museum opens Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Experience

From the sewers to the streets of Indianapolis, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is presenting a new adventure with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now through Sept. 2, 2024, kids and families can go underground at the Children’s Museum to...

Martial arts teaches more than self-defense

Martial arts is defined as “any of various fighting sports or skills, mainly of East Asian origin, such as kung fu (Pinyin gongfu), judo, karate, and kendō,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica. With over 180 martial arts styles, forms...

Misty Copeland: A life in motion

Misty Copeland is a professional dancer who faced many struggles due racial barriers in her professional career. Credit: Associated Press by Tawanda W. Johnson& Special to the& AFRO Misty Copeland knows firsthand what it’s like to strugg...

Remembering the life of civil rights activist Dorie Ladner

Civil rights activist Dorie Ladner, pictured at a Freedom Orientation in Ohio in June 1964, died on March 11 in Washington, D.C. She was 81. (Courtesy of SNCC Digital Gateway, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM) & by...

Navarro becomes first Trump official to report to prison over Jan. 6

WASHINGTON, DC — Ex-Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to a federal prison in Miami on Tuesday afternoon to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Cap...

MTSU survey: Tennessee business leader’s outlook is much more optimistic

MURFREESBORO, TN — Heading into spring, Tennessee business leaders have a much more positive outlook about their industries, a sentiment trend that “has flipped” in the past year, according to results from the latest Tennessee Business Barometer by...

Black NHL star Wayne “The Train” Simmonds retires after stellar 15-year career

One of professional hockey’s most accomplished Black players hangs up his skates. It is very hard to grasp that after playing in over 1,000 National Hockey League regular-season games and notching 526 career points in 15 seasons, Wayne “The Train...

Gething: Europe’s first Black leader

By Will Hazell Vaughan Gething has been announced as the next First Minister of Wales, becoming the first black politician to lead a European country. His victory in the Welsh Labour leadership election means that, for the first time since dev...