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Civil Rights Icon Benjamin Chavis to Host Weekly Black Talk Show on PBS

September 8, 2020 admin 0

(TriceEdneyWire.com) -By Hazel Trice Edney – Talk Show on PBS Civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin Chavis, former NAACP executive director and current president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), will become host of a […]

Local

Social Security Announces New Online Video Hearings

September 8, 2020 admin 0

The Social Security Administration announced a new service for people awaiting a hearing decision.  In addition to telephone hearings, Social Security will offer the opportunity for an online video hearing using the Microsoft Teams platform […]

Editorials

Lawlessness and Disorder: America’s Mistreatment of Its Black Citizens

September 8, 2020 Staff 0

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux When a seventeen-year-old white boy walks down the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a loaded automatic weapon, he is cheered and thanked by the police and offered a water bottle. No […]

Editorials

For This Teacher, This Transition is Bittersweet

September 8, 2020 Staff 0

By Fred Ingram The beginning of the school year is a fresh start and a time of transition. For this teacher, it’s bittersweet. I was recently elected secretary-treasurer of my national union, the American Federation […]

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Boseman Honored As Hometown Hero In Native South Carolina

September 7, 2020 Staff 0

www.blackamericaweb.com ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Chadwick Boseman was remembered as a hometown hero who brought a sense of pride to his native Anderson, South Carolina. The city paid tribute to Boseman in a public memorial […]

National

Black Families Sue Over 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ Massacre in Tulsa

September 3, 2020 admin 0

By A.R. Shaw | September 3, 2020 | The Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was one of the wealthiest areas in the nation during the early 1900s. The community featured dozens of businesses, […]

Community

Black Rose Foundation Scholarship Recipients Announced

September 3, 2020 admin 0

The Black Rose Foundation for Children recently announced their 2020 James V. Brooks Memorial Scholarship Recipients.  The purpose of the scholarship is to assist Duval County high school graduates to continue their music interest during […]

Obituaries

Final Services Set for Lt. Colonel Robert Porter

September 3, 2020 admin 0

Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Porter, a native of Chicago, Illinois, returned to the Lord after a long illness. A graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), He was a member of the world renowned […]

Lifestyle

Local teacher Finding Comfort and Providing Solace Through the Release of Her Music

September 3, 2020 admin 0

By day, Melissa Case is an instructional ready coach for Duval County Public School System (DCPS).  At night, she is a wife and mother of two boys who are the center of her world. Somewhere […]

Community

Foundation Offers Free Exercise and Nutrition Classes to Replace Swimming Lessons

September 3, 2020 admin 0

The Shawn D. Delifus Foundation , noted for providing free swimming lesson s to urban communities, is adapting to the pandemic environment. With mandated Covid-19 social distancing protocols in full force, swim class lessons this […]

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