The National Black Justice Coalition Honors Black Elders With James Baldwin Legacy Awards. (Black PR Wire) – On Sunday, August 21, 2022, National Senior Citizens Day, at 3 p.m. ET, the […] The post James Baldwin Legacy Awards Celebrates Contributions Of Black Men Within The LGBTQ+/SGL Community appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Mark Pratt, The Associated Press The story of the enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation has been […] The post Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press A London museum agreed Aug. 7 to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria […] The post UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By The Associated Press Charlene Curtis, the first Black women’s head basketball coach in the ACC, died Aug. 18 after a battle with cancer, the conference said. She was 67. […] The post Charlene Curtis, coaching trailblazer in ACC, dies at 67 appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
By Ben Jealous We could all use some good news out of Washington. I’ve got some. The Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act this month is good news for […] The post D.C. delivers some good news – yes, really appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
*(CNN) — The residents of Jackson, Mississippi — already dealing with flooded streets — are now also faced with another problem: There isn’t enough water to flush toilets or fight fires due to issues at the main water treatment facility, according to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. Because of the failure to produce running water, the
*EUR associate and filmmaker Keith O’Derek captured KNBC News’ Beverly White, California State Senator and Gardena Jazz Festival Co-Founder Steven Bradford, Soul Train Alum Dancers and Super Group Jazz Funk Soul gettin’ funky at the 19th Annual Gardena Jazz Festival on Sunday, August 28th, 2022. Who: Jazz Funk Soul (Super Group) featuring Jeff Lorber (Keyboards)
*The 23rd annual Los Angeles “Uplifting Minds II” (ULMII) Entertainment Conference announces its list of entertainment industry panelists. The free symposium will be held Saturday, November 5, 2022, again this year via Zoom and presented by The Pulse of Entertainment, with a list of companies and professionals as sponsors. The “ULMII” Entertainment Conference, hosted by
*There are people in the world who still believe everything a cop does is justified and everything a cop says is true, especially before there were cop cams and citizens with cell phone cameras to show what really happens to mostly Black and Brown people when some bully, liar, killer cops think nobody’s watching. Now
*Apollo Nida made an appearance on the latest episode of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” as he opened up to Sheree Whitfield about where things stand between him and ex-wife Phaedra Parks. But judging by his words, Nida still feels some type of way about their split, insisting that the reality star and attorney had left