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Renowned White Racist Will Participate in U.S. Senate Debate at a Historically Black College

October 27, 2016 Staff 0

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, […]

Lifestyle

Black American Author wins Man Booker Prize

October 27, 2016 Staff 0

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 […]

Local

Felony Disenfranchisement Will Keep Many Blacks From Voting

October 27, 2016 Staff 0

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 […]

Entertainment

How Kevin Hart Made $87.5 Million Last Year

October 25, 2016 Staff 0

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, […]

Editorials

President Obama’s Last 100 Days

October 25, 2016 Staff 0

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 […]

Entertainment

Netflix’s ’13th’ Explores ‘Modern Slavery’ in Incendiary New Documentary

October 25, 2016 Staff 0

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 […]

Editorials

Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Program Critical to His Legacy

October 25, 2016 Staff 0

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 […]

Editorials

Hillary’s E-Mails, Trumps Secret Tapes and Social Security

October 25, 2016 Staff 0

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 […]

Editorials

When the Black Church Matters, the Black Vote Matters

October 25, 2016 Staff 0

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’ […]

Local

Jax Gullah/Geechie Nation Continues Fight for Human Rights and Heritage Recognition at Annual Festival

October 20, 2016 admin 0

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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