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Dr. Simmons Takes Home National Award for African-American History

October 16, 2019 admin 0

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History founded in 1915 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, recently held its 104th Annual Convention in Charleston, SC.,  where Dr. Brenda R. Simmons-Hutchins received the […]

Local

Breast Cancer Fight Tackled in Hair Salons

October 16, 2019 admin 0

As the month of October progresses and breast cancer awareness campaigns are at the forefront of Americans ‘thinking pink,” one local entreprenuer broughret the effort to her hair salon. Gail Carter-Cade, owner of GA LA CAR […]

Business

Former Mercedes-Benz Manager Outs Owner for Frequently Using N-Word, Bragging About Swindling Black Customers In Lawsuit

October 16, 2019 Staff 0

by Tanasia Kenney (Atlanta Black Star) The former sales manager at an Indiana Mercedes-Benz dealership says he was subjected to a hostile work environment, then found himself kicked to the curb two years ago after […]

Editorials

Woman Slain by Police Officer Gives Us Another Deja Vu Moment

October 14, 2019 Staff 0

By Donald Lee On the heels of the recent conviction and sentencing of a white female police officer who killed a black male in his own home in Dallas, Fort Worth has found itself in […]

Editorials

Was Dallas Police Sentencing Restorative Justice or Blacks Being too Forgiving?

October 14, 2019 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood First, let me give my disclaimer. My goal in writing this commentary is to be as objective as possible because I think that both sides of this debate have very valid points. […]

Editorials

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 […]

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