White supremacist David Duke has qualified for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate debate scheduled for November 2 at Dillard University, a Historically Black University based in New Orleans. Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan, […]
Black American Author wins Man Booker Prize U.S. author Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout, was named winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize this week, the first American […]
by Frederick Lowe With the 2016 Presidential election around the corner on November 8th, The Sentencing Project is reporting that 6.1 million individuals will be prohibited from voting because of felony convictions and most of […]
For the very first time in several years, Forbes’ annual list of celebrity money-makers has a new comedian topping the list. For years, Jerry Seinfeld topped the list. But for the first time since 2006, […]
By Julianne Malveaux The countdown to President Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending his waning days in office by campaigning for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic […]
By Pamela Kruger, Fortune.com Ava DuVernay was finishing up her civil rights drama, Selma, when she got a call from a Netflix executive: Would DuVernay be interested in making a documentary? DuVernay, who had previously […]
by Reggie Fullwood “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me,” said Ralph Ellison. Many of our young black men are invisible to those who have the resources to help them. And […]
By James Clingman Since our political discussions are now X-rated, so much so that we must ask children to leave the room before we watch the news, the speeches, and the debates, it’s time to […]
by Bishop Charles Blake Since the enforcement of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Black churches have always played a pivotal role in the electoral process. During the Civil Rights Movement, Sunday morning pulpits were preachers’ […]
The Jacksonville Gullah/Geechie Nation Community Development Corp (JGGNCDC) held their 6th Annual October Gullah Fest last weekend at Charles ‘Bobbie’ Clark Park. In spite of inclement weather, the crowd showed much enthusiasm with the purpose of providing […]
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