Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Vandal throws rocks through windows of Philly’s historic Mother Bethel AME church

& Mother Bethel Vandalism — NBCPhiladelphia & by Marco Cerino. Philadelphia Tribune Staff Writer Philadelphia police are investigating vandalism at one of the city’s oldest Black churches. Officers were called to Mother Bethe...

Reporters to Biden: Is Gavin Newsom on Standby?

Fresh off tripping up the stairs again, the new and unimproved Joe Biden was met by a gaggle of reporters as he prepared to face more stairs. As Biden said not long ago about his abilities, “Watch me.” And America obliged. We are watching. Moreover,...

5 Questions I Asked After Two Heart Attacks

Photos courtesy of Lentheus Chaney February is national Heart Month As the surgical technician rolled my hospital bed into the frigid operating room, my uneasiness grew, and my mind raced with questions about how and why this was happening aga...

Black History is NOW: Swing ATL

Swing ATL officially opened June 2023 and became the only Black-owned outdoor mini golf course and food truck experience in Georgia. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Swing ATL, located in Fairburn, is a Black-owned and operated miniature gol...

Black History is NOW: Swing

Swing officially opened June 2023 and became the only Black-owned outdoor mini golf course and food truck experience in Georgia. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Swing, located in Fairburn, is a Black-owned and operated miniature golf course...

Legal Advertising – Public Notices – Sheriff’s Sale 2-21-2024

& CONDITIONS OF SALE Effective with the August 3, 2020, Sheriff Sale of real estate and all such monthly public sales thereafter shall be conducted virtually through video conferencing technology or live streaming. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s...

A Tearful Mayor Woodfin Speaks in Public for First Time Since His Cousin, 5 Others Killed in Birmingham

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times An emotional Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday recounted shootings of the past week that left six people dead, including one of his own cousins, and separately a city employee. Speaking durin...

‘[He] Has Made My Every Dream Come True and I’m Forever Thankful For Him’

LARRY & KIM GLOVER JR. BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY| The Birmingham Times Live: McCalla Married: April 13, 2019 Met: In April 2015, online at blackpeoplemeet.com. Kim said she had spent time on the platform and had met some who didn’t have any subst...

UAB’s Jalen Kirkman Wins National ‘Finding the Voices of Tomorrow’ Competition

By Shannon Thomason | UAB News University of Alabama at Birmingham junior Jalen Kirkman has been named the top vocalist from across the country in a national competition for young voices singing classic music. Kirkman, 20, won the “NextGen Nation...

Findings: Hunters Point Community Toxic Registry

The registry you are reading about here is a major milestone for the Hunters Point community and all communities worldwide trying to cope with man made deadly toxicity left behind on closed military bases. “This is five years worth of work and our c...

400 Schools Across Tennessee Earn Reward School Designation

NASHVILLE, TN (TN Tribune) — The Tennessee Department of Education announced state school and district designations for the 2022-23 school year, including Reward schools, Exemplary districts, and In Need of Improvement districts. These designations...

Tennessee GOP Blocks Resolution Honoring Black Grammy Winner Allison Russell But Approves One for White Group Paramore

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Republicans in the Tennessee state legislature are again being accused of racism for how they have handled two of the state’s most famous residents differently. The most recent situation started as legislators attempted...