Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

PROPERTY IS POWER! Small dollar mortgages and the path to affordable housing

Adobe Stock Photo & In our ongoing quest to address the disheartening homeownership rate of 44 percent, it becomes imperative to explore innovative solutions that can propel more individuals into home ownership. One promising avenue that deserves...

Dallas’ city manager resigns, leaving one more major Texas city without a chief executive

(The Texas Tribune) – Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax said Wednesday he will step down from his post, making Dallas the latest major Texas city with a vacancy at the top of city government. Dallas City Council members pushed Broadnax to resign,...

Reflections of Dallas Past: Neighborhoods, schools, Black businesses and Negro Day

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – I was born on Aug. 27, 1948. I was the first boy in the family and had five sisters.& We lived half a block from the State Fair with only a railroad track dividing them. In 1950, we visited the State Fair on wh...

Franklin gets his moment in the spotlight in ‘overdue’ new Peanuts special

(CNN) – A new animated special puts a spotlight on Franklin Armstrong, the first Black character in the Peanuts comic strip, more than 50 years after he made his debut. The Apple TV+ special Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin explores the ch...

Elementary school drumline inspires and builds community

(The HUB) – A drumline with dancers, typical in a marching band, is not a common part of the elementary school experience – but that didn’t stop Andra Birdsong from making it happen at her school. Birdsong, a music teacher at Daniel Webster Eleme...

Avoiding the Brady Bunch nightmare through proper planning

(The Dallas Examiner) – Advance care planning – it’s a sensitive topic many families might feel uncomfortable discussing, but one that experts have said is necessary. Without preparing and discussing end of life issues, family estate planning and th...

Mariah T. on embracing her authentic self

(Special to the Dallas Examiner) – Mariah T. has been lighting up the dance stage for as long as she can remember, a passion that grows daily as a senior at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. While working toward...

CDC isolation guidelines for COVID-19 haven’t changed yet. Here’s what you need to know

(CNN) – California and Oregon recently became the first states to break with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how long a person infected with COVID-19 should isolate, saying that people who test positive are no longer expected...

Creating the perfect experience: Career and Technical Education in action at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism

(The HUB) – The quality of customer service often shapes experiences, and students at Justin F. Kimball High School are learning to create unforgettable moments for people through the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at their school. During the...

UTC Special Collections wins federal grant to process Dr. Tommie Brown’s personal papers

Chattanooga, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-A $144,049 grant has been awarded to University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to process the papers of Dr. Tommie Brown, a forme...

Amid high rents, eviction filings in major Texas cities soar above pre-pandemic levels

(The Texas Tribune) –As more renters struggle to afford housing, Texas landlords are filing more evictions than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic – and tenants have few, if any, protections to keep them housed. Landlords filed more than 177,0...

Award-Winning ‘The Color Purple,’ Continues Through March 3 at Red Mountain Theater

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times Directing The Tony award-winning stage play “The Color Purple” is an honor for the multi-talented Monet who joins an elite company of few Black women who’ve had the opportunity to direct a musical of t...

Hollis R. Towns Named VP of Content, Editor in Chief of Alabama Media Group

By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com Hollis R. Towns has been named vice president of content and editor in chief of Alabama Media Group, the company announced Thursday. A native of Fort Valley, Georgia, Towns comes to AMG from Gannett, where he o...

E. Faye Williams: Fani has right to be angry

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Let’s get this straight. There was a time when Black women were depended upon to take care of other people’s children, cook their food, clean their homes, and do other unmentionable things. So, from where does all this hatefulnes...

In Town For Black History Month – PURE LAGOS: KWAME ALEXANDER

Kwame Alexander celebrates Black poetry at a special book signing event in PURE LAGOS. #BlackHistoryMonth #KwameAlexander #Poetry #AfricanArt #CommunityEvent The post In Town For Black History Month – PURE LAGOS: KWAME ALEXANDER first appeared on Th...