Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Indianapolis nonprofit celebrates 30 years of empowering men and their families

President and CEO Larry Smith poses in front of the Fathers and Families center located at 2835 N. Illinois St. (Photo/Mesgana Waiss) A buff-brick building sits on a busy one-way street near Downtown Indianapolis. It is swallowed by a host of ma...

‘Don’t get God started’

Scripture:& John 13:33-35 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, yo...

Jason Burroughs Rebuilt His Trucking Firm from Near Broke to Business with Billion-Dollar Companies

By Je’Don Holloway-Talley | For The Birmingham Times Jason Burroughs remembers a time when he was not only carrying loads for his trucking business but also the weight of the world on his shoulders. He started his first company, Able Body Moving and...

Jason Burroughs Rebuilt His Trucking Firm from Nearly Broke to Business with Billion-Dollar Companies

How Birmingham’s Randall Horton Went From Inmate to Tenured College Professor

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Before Randall Horton became a professor at the University of New Haven, a private university in West Haven, Connecticut, he was a drug smuggler facing almost 15 years in prison at the Roxbury Correctional Institut...

Trucking Company Owner Jason Burroughs Uses Mentorship to Help Many

By Je’Don Holloway-Talley | For The Birmingham Times Being a mentor comes naturally for business owner Jason Burroughs who has seen both sides of what it’s like to help others and be helped. Burroughs owns C & B [Carrier and Brokered ] Transporta...

Gov. Ivey Appoints Judge Bill Lewis to Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

governor.alabama.gov Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced the appointment of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals the same day she informed the judge of her selection. “Judge Lewis’s distinguished record of jurisprudence ensures...

$476 Million in Economic Development Investment; 816 Jobs for Jefferson County During 2023

By Barrnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Economic development investment in Alabama’s most populous county reached nearly $476 million in 2023 with 40 projects and 816 jobs announced. Jeff Traywick, economic development advisor for the Jefferson Cou...

Andrew Jackson Beard: Former Slave Helped Revolutionize Railroad Industry

Andrew Jackson Beard was an African American inventor, who introduced five improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler in 1897 and 1899 and was inducted posthumously into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio in 2006 for this achi...

“I learned the value of team building and collaborating and I wanted to instill that perspective and … help other Black and minority-owned companies reach their full potential.”

JASON BURROUGHS; THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES, FEB. 29.

Job Opportunities 2-28-2024

ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER The City of Altoona is now accepting applications for Entry Level Police Officers. Information and applications are available online at www.altoonapa.gov and in the Human Resources Department of City Hall at 1301 12th Str...

Dr. John Warren: Celebrating Black History Month

by Dr. John E. Warren This year, perhaps more than ever, we need to be especially mindful of Black History. This time of banning books from local libraries, especially those that tell of the history and struggle of Black Americans against slavery and...

San Francisco apologizes for its anti-Black racism

“People have a responsibility of righting the wrongs of the past because they still affect us here today,” Supervisor Shamann Walton said as the 11-member Board of Supervisors passed the “Black apology” resolution unanimously on Feb. 27. The news ma...

Tau Lambda’s First 100 Years: A Century of Leadership & Service

Nashville, Tenn.-The Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2025. Plans include several civic and social events, culminating in May 2025. As the 20th century turned twenty-fi...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hires racist clerk, says she hates Black people

Clarence Thomas Where is the Justice? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas never ceases to amaze us with his disdain for Black people, but poor judgment is what he’s best known for. Following the gift debacle in which Thomas’ ethics were agai...