Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for

Black women are among the demographics with the least time for college. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Claire Wladis, CUNY Graduate Center Many college students don’t have enough time for their studies. This “time poverty,” as we ca...

How Witnesses are Helping Birmingham Police Close ‘Significant’ Number of Homicide Cases

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign up for the newsletter here. More witnesses a...

Birmingham Blocks Streets in East Lake to Reduce Crime. But Can it Save Lives?

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign up for the newsletter here.” For weeks, cars hav...

One of Birmingham’s Longest-Serving City Councilors Announces Retirement

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times One of Birmingham’s longest serving elected officials has announced her retirement. City Councilor, Valerie Abbott, who has represented Birmingham’s District 3 since 2001, said she plans to step down...

Fallout From Alabama’s Anti-DEI Law: College Offices Close, Websites Scrubbed

By Rebecca Griesbach | rgriesbach@al.com As freshmen thumbed through dorm posters and shopped for school supplies at the University of Alabama’s student center during the first week of school, other spaces in the building were noticeably empty. Refer...

What Red and Green Channel Markers Mean on the Water

As we end our summer series on water safety, our final focus will be on the road signs of the water – red and green markers. Most of the markers and buoys you will see will be either red or green, and these colors help identify which side you will wa...

“The way I’m running my jam session is the way I was taught.”

JOSE CARR, ALABAMA JAZZ HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE WHOSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR PLAYED FOR TRUMPETER AND VOCALIST LOUIS ARMSTRONG; ALABAMANEWSCENTER.COM, AUGUST 22.

Mark Gwyn, Tennessee’s first Black TBI director dies

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Mark Gwyn, the first African American to serve as director for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, died in his home Aug. 22. He was 61. Gwyn served as TBI director for 15 years before retiring in 2018 less than t...

Meharry Medical College to Host Sefako Makgatho University of South Africa

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) — This week, Meharry Medical College will welcome leaders from Sefako Makgatho University of South Africa (SMU South Africa) in an effort to build academic and research partnerships between the two institutions. It mark...

Mt. Zion awards $55,000 to local community organizations and Metro schools

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Mt. Zion Baptist Church Nashville awarded 11 Nashville organizations a total of $55,000. Through this funding, the Church partnered with the organizations to support programs and resources that provide academic grow...

Dr. Grant Winrow joins Lincoln University of Missouri as vice president for University Advancement

Lincoln University of Missouri has selected Dr. Grant Winrow as its new vice president for university advancement. Winrow, who joins the university with more than 25 years of expertise in administrative management, project leadership and business-to...

Project 2025’s impact on the average Tennessean

NASHVILLE – Project 2025 remains a key talking point of the upcoming election cycle, but how would the plan directly affect Tennessee? Colin Seeberger, a senior advisor for Communications at American Progress, recently published a piece breaki...

Judge Stephanie J. Williams makes history

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-It was a historic ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 26, for the official investiture of Judge Stephanie J. Williams. With 10 program participants, she was sworn in as judge of the Circuit Court, Division IV for the 20th Judicial...

Dr. Ernest Rip Patton, Jr. North Nashville Transit Center to host ribbon cutting

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Dr. Ernest Rip Patton, Jr. North Nashville Transit Center, located at 2521 Clarksville Pike, will officially open to the public with a special ribbon cutting on Aug. 29. Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, WeGo CEO Steve...

Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches, dies at 87

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager, and most recently team ambassador, has died. He was 87. The Warriors...