Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Political Prisoner Kwame Shakur, speaks to Harvard, Howard law students

“I was talking to people in New York, Detroit, Texas, and California who were doing the same work, but weren’t in tune with one another. That led to my co-founder, Shaka Shakur and I starting the New Afrikan Liberation Collective (NALC).” – Kwame Sh...

MEDIA’S FINANCIAL GAIN IN PORTRAYING BLACK DEATH’S

By: Gabriel Prosser: (Medium): In the recent years the Media has intentionally been more concerned with covering the murders of Black people by pigs, and other white supremacist in this country, than being concerned with updating the Black communiti...

The Phi Beta Sigma Official Conclave Kick Off & Scholarship Celebration

Celebrating Culture for Service, The Phi Beta Sigma Official Conclave Houston 2023 Kick Off & Scholarship Celebration was a Greek love fest for the Divine Nine lead by the Phi Beta Sigma Brotherhood. They honored community leaders and their schol...

The Art of Governing: Breakfast with Brilliance Honoring Brooke Thompson

Knowing who can make, execute, and interpret the law is very important for young black women in America. Introducing the 2022 Debutantes to leaders on every level of government was a priceless gift that will enrich their understanding of how Law and...

Our History Matters

You can’t erase history, and you can’t act like it never existed. In recent news, Florida Governor DeSantis discussed his take on why the proposed AP (Advanced Placement) African American course has been rejected, and will not be allowed in Florida s...

The Immorality of the Presidency

In the history of America’s Presidency, we have had forty-six Presidents. Question: how many were spiritual moral men who used the Bible as their leadership guide? It is historically recorded that George Washington, America’s first President never to...

Stevie Wonder Pays Respect to Miola Laws

At the age of 103, Miola Donahue Laws, also known as the matriarch of the Laws family, leaves behind a legacy that will be remembered forever. The funeral service for Miola Laws was held at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Am...

A Brotherhood Like No Other

The historic Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., was founded on January 9, 1914 by the Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown. The organization was built around the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, an...

LA Clippers win 5th straight, beat the Atlanta Hawks 120-113

Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points and Paul George scored 23 points as the Clippers held off the Atlanta Hawks 120-113 Saturday night at State Farm Arena. Trae Young scored 12 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter for Atlanta, who cut a 14-point de...

Tennessee House Democratic Caucus Calls for Calm Following the Death of Tyre Nichols

NASHVILLE—Tennessee House Democratic Caucus members are calling for prayer and peaceful protests in Memphis tonight as the city braces for the release of video showing the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.& Memphis city officials say body cam vide...

‘He Was Executed’: Social Media Reacts To Graphic Tyre Nichols Video

By Brandon Caldwell ‘He Was Executed’: Social Media Reacts To Graphic Tyre Nichols Video Brandon Caldwell On Friday (January 27), the city of Memphis released body cam and sky cam footage of the arrest and subsequent assault of 29-y...

Rev. Al Sharpton Responds To Tyre Nichols Footage, Will Address Police Killing at Saturday Rally

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), issued the following statement on the release of body camera footage showing the relentless police beating of Tyre Nichols, which ultimatel...

Blackburn Statement On Tyre Nichols Footage

NASHVILLE, TENN. –& U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) issued the following statement after the release of the Tyre Nichols footage: “The footage released tonight is difficult to watch. My office has been in contact with DOJ and will con...

First Round of Historical Tax Abatements Approved

NASHVILLE, TN– As the February deadline for property taxes looms, the Metropolitan Historical Zoning Commission (MHZC) announces the first two awardees of the new Historic Tax Abatement program, approved by Metro Council in 2021 to preserve importan...

Dr. Espanola Jackson Day: Her legacy lives on

On March 16, 2008, dynamic community leader Espanola Jackson used an appearance at the screening of the film “Banished” to campaign for “Yes on F,” the community’s proposition to require at least half of the new housing built in the Hunters Point Sh...