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Fannie Lou Hamer Died of Untreated Breast Cancer

October 14, 2019 Staff 0

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the proliferation of pink ribbons is about to start. Predatory capitalists will make breast cancer their cause, producing pink t-shirts, pocketbooks, everything. It’s a […]

Editorials

Support the Black Press Now, Still News for You and About You!

October 14, 2019 Staff 0

By Lee Brown I have fond memories as a child of my mother reading the newspaper each day. She has continued to do so for the last 50 years. It was her love of the […]

Editorials

It’s Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges

October 11, 2019 admin 0

By JEMELE HILL is a staff writer for The Atlantic, where she covers sports, race, politics, and culture. They attract money and attention to the predominantly white universities that showcase them, while HBCUs struggle. What  would happen if […]

Sports

Naomi Osaka picks Japanese citizenship with eye on Olympics: NHK

October 11, 2019 admin 0

TOKYO Tennis star Naomi Osaka has decided to choose Japanese over American nationality with an eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday. Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and a Haitian […]

Entertainment

Tyler Perry Studios, the house ‘Madea’ built, becomes a landmark for black Hollywood

October 11, 2019 admin 0

By GREG BRAXTONSTAFF WRITER  OCT. 2, 2019 No matter how high Tyler Perry climbed up the ladder of Hollywood success, his past would not let him go. Armed with a sharp, often raucous sensibility and a […]

National

Montgomery’s Steven Reed makes History as City’s first African American Mayor

October 11, 2019 admin 0

By Sara MacNeil, Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, a city where more than half the population is black and known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected an African American to the highest position in […]

Political

Elizabeth Warren Reportedly ‘Courting’ Andrew Gillum as Possible VP Pick

October 11, 2019 admin 0

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); former Fla. gubernatorial candidate and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum Photo: Scott Eisen (Getty), Joe Skipper (Getty)By Dara Sharif (The Root) Could a Warren-Gillum ticket be in the works? An election 2020 […]

Obituaries

Celebration of Life Honors Dr. Anita Allen

October 9, 2019 admin 0

Family & friends will gather to honor Dr. Anita Vernell Carter Allen, who passed away on September 30, 2019, at the age of 78. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, October […]

Community

Breast Cancer Gala Celebrates Survivor with Exercise and Survivor Healthy Techniques

October 9, 2019 admin 0

As October is breast cancer awareness month, the James Weldon Johnson YMCA held their 7th Annual Zumba Gala in Pink to remind members and the community that breast cancer is a treatable disease, held inside […]

Community

Girls Empowerment Day Spotlights Real life Decisions and Consequences

October 9, 2019 admin 0

The fact that one in nine girls under the age of 18  experience sexual abuse or assault at the hands of an adult resulting in 82% of all victims being female, organization around the country […]

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