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Young Writers Festival Awards Students for Prose Compilations and Dramatization

May 28, 2021 admin 0

The Board of Directors of Friends of Brentwood Library, Inc. (FOBL) is bridging the gap and uplifting the youth of the community through poetry and dramatic arts. The James Weldon Johnson Poetry and Dramatic Arts […]

Community

River City Pearls Continues to Make a Difference in Duval

May 27, 2021 admin 0

 The River City Pearls, an Interest Group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, recently conducted a “drop off of feminine products” and collected items for women and girls. These items were donated to the Renewing […]

Education

Movement Afoot To Keep Classics Department At Howard University 

May 27, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on Movement Afoot To Keep Classics Department At Howard University 

WASHINGTON — As the 2020–21 school year winds down, a band of Howard University students, alumni and professors hopes to reverse its decision to shutter its classics department, possibly by finding funding to endow the […]

National

Kristen Clarke Becomes First Black Women Confirmed by Senate to Head DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

May 26, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Republicans opposed the nomination, but Clarke won confirmation because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) used the chamber’s “Discharge […]

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Charlotte Bloggers Turn Hashtag Into Weeklong Black-Owned Food Fest

May 26, 2021 admin 0

By DeAnna Taylor (Source: www.travelnoire.com) – Around this time last year, the United States (and the world) saw a resurgence of social justice protests and movements, after George Floyd senselessly lost his life at the hands […]

Health

Chili Peppers Is A Traditional Meal Enjoyed Worldwide

May 26, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on Chili Peppers Is A Traditional Meal Enjoyed Worldwide

Chili pepper is an iconic Mexican fruit. It can be used as a spice, in salads, cut into chunks or stuffed. Chiles rellenos is one of Mexico’s traditional dishes. “Chiles rellenos — stuffed peppers — […]

Business

Red Hot Market Sends House Prices Up In 99 Out Of 100 US Cities

May 26, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on Red Hot Market Sends House Prices Up In 99 Out Of 100 US Cities

Housing prices across the U.S. are surging with the first quarter setting marks not seen in more than a decade, two housing surveys released on May 25 showed. From San Diego to Phoenix and from […]

Entertainment

Sunshine On A Cloudy Day: Terron Brooks On Playing Eddie Kendricks In ‘The Temptations’

May 26, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on Sunshine On A Cloudy Day: Terron Brooks On Playing Eddie Kendricks In ‘The Temptations’

Terron Brooks is a talented singer/songwriter who has performed alongside such music royalty as Smokey Robinson, Stephanie Mills and Michael Jackson. His time on Broadway — highlighted by his roles as Simba in “The Lion […]

National

Chicago Mayor Says She Will Give One-On-One Interviews Only to Journalists of Color

May 26, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Mayor Lightfoot has made gun violence a priority, and she noted the importance of speaking to journalists of color. Her decision has […]

Editorials

Pulitzer Prize and Still Denied. Nikole Hannah-Jones Deserves Better

May 26, 2021 admin 0

By Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor  Chicago Defender Staff – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times. A staff writer and investigative journalist for the New York Times, she […]

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