By Yvonne Brockington – Alumni, former residents and supporters of the Simonds-Johnson Park community gathered June 27 for the communities ninth annual Prayer Breakfast, an event highlighting faith, fellowship and a shared commitment to preserving […]
Since 2015, the William M. Raines High School Class of 1989 has joined other alumni in hosting its annual ‘Family & Friends Day,’ bringing classmates, family members, and friends together to reconnect and celebrate the […]
ST. LOUIS AMERICAN — Now, as the nation’s largest, most influential Protestant denomination moves to formally enforce gender restrictions on who can preach and pastor, Black clergy and church leaders are confronting the much larger […]
LOS ANGELES — By Wyllisa Bennett (Jacksonville Free Press Contributor) | As Black America gathered in Los Angeles for BET Awards weekend, the Jacksonville Free Press was on the scene capturing the fashion, beauty, and cultural […]
LOS ANGELES — By Jordan Mills | The 26th Annual BET Awards transformed Los Angeles into a celebration of Black culture, creativity, and community. For anyone who has ever experienced an HBCU homecoming, the energy […]
NEW YORK — Black Public Media’s Peabody Award-winning series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange continues its 18th season July 2 with This World Is Not My Own. The award-winning, artfully layered documentary is about the acclaimed self-taught artist Nellie […]
By Ben Jealous | Trice Edney Wire On Juneteenth, I traveled to the Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s plantation outside Nashville, to celebrate Black music. Neither Juneteenth nor Black music had ever been celebrated there before. […]
January 23, 1977 sees the premiere of Roots, a groundbreaking television program. The eight-episode miniseries, which was broadcast over eight consecutive nights, follows a family from its origins in West Africa through generations of slavery […]
By Jeric Macaraan | The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 6-3 decision to clear the way for the Trump administration to end TPS — Temporary Protected Status — for roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants living […]
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media | U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) whose district spans parts of Los Angeles County, joined fellow CBC member U.S. Rep. Troy […]
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