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Services Set for Community Trustee Anthony Rodgers

May 30, 2017 Staff 0

Anthony Rodgers, Sr. (66), transcended into Sunset on May 13, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a native son of Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up in the Moncrief area where he […]

Entertainment

Shonda Rhimes’ Shakespearean Drama Reminds Us That Black Women Were More Than Servants

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

ABC is about to step into the costume drama lane with Shonda Rhimes’ upcoming series, Still Star-Crossed. The show, which takes on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, starts where the play ends—after Romeo and Juliet have […]

National

Alabama Governor Signs Law Giving Thousands of Felons Their Right to Vote Back

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

 by Kira Lerner, ThikProgress Supporters for a bill that would automatically restore voting rights to convicted felons upon their release from prison hold up signs supporting the bill during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 9, […]

National

Memorial Day in Black America

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

Memorial Day 2017 is here, and it is the 149th year of its celebration. It started as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868. It is a federal holiday set aside to honor […]

Entertainment

Thousands Of Historic Items Honoring Black Cinema Could Be Yours

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

By Brennan Williams (Huffington Post) SEPARATE CINEMA ARCHIVE/ SFAEThe San Francisco Art Exchange announced Thursday the first public sale of pieces from the Separate Cinema Archive. One hundred years of black film art is officially up for […]

Editorials

The Wells Fargo Scandal Continues to Create Fall Out

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher The Wells Fargo scandal is far from over and it continues to provide insight into the “Cherry Picking” culture of providing select help in places where it seeks to […]

Sports

Tiger Woods Arrested and Released In Florida for Suspicion of DUI

May 29, 2017 Staff 0

Tiger Woods, former world number one golfer, was arrested in the sunshine state of Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to online jail records. Woods was booked into the Palm Beach County […]

Community

Basketball Giants Jam with Students for Wayman’s Hoops for Hope

May 15, 2017 Staff 0

The Wayman Academy Hoops for Hope Program held its first public event on the grounds of Wayman Ministries in the Wayman Academy gymnasium. The Giant Jam and Spring Festival were front and center on the […]

Religion

NC NAACP President Barber Leaves in June to Join National Poor People’s Campaign

May 15, 2017 Staff 0

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Wilmington Journal (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Though he insists that he’s “really not leaving,” Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, the nationally renown president of the State Conference […]

Editorials

The Republican Health Care Plan is Making Me Sick

May 15, 2017 Staff 0

by Dr. Wilmer Leon (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “This is a great plan. I actually think it will get even better. This is a repeal and replace of Obamacare. Make no mistake about it…” – President Trump May […]

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