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Les McCann, Innovative Jazz Musician Dies at 88

January 3, 2024 Staff 0

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip-hop […]

Sports

Record Number of Black Quarterbacks Have Starting Positions in the NFL for the 2023-2024 Season

September 15, 2023 Staff 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2023 NFL Draft marked the first time in NFL history Black men were selected in the top three positions for quarterback. The position was once seen as a white male-dominated one […]

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60th Anniversary of Birmingham Church Bombing Unites Families of Victims and Perpetrators

September 15, 2023 Staff 0

16th Street Baptist Church Credit: Ariama C. Long photo Four innocent young girls getting ready for Sunday services died when the Ku Klux Klan detonated a devastating bomb inside Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church sixty years […]

National

Workers Are on Strike at all 3 Detroit Auto Makers for the First Time in Their Union’s History

September 15, 2023 Staff 0

by TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer, COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap […]

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MARCH ON WASHINGTON 60th ANNIVERSARY: A Day of Speeches to Spark a Life of Change

August 28, 2023 Staff 0

By Essence Wiley Howard University News Service Thousands crowded at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday in honor of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin Luther […]

National

Florida Braces for Category 3 Hurricane – Jacksonville in the Path Wednesday at 8 PM

August 28, 2023 Staff 0

Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane as it bears down on Florida this week. The first major storm of the  could become a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night.  Landfall […]

National

Minnesota Descendants of Enslaved Africans to Receive $50 Million as Part of Wealth-building Initiative

July 13, 2023 Staff 0

by Niara Savage (Minneapolis Spokesman) The promise of 40 acres and a mule An ambitious wealth-building initiative will provide 800 Black residents of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota with $50,000 grants over the next eight […]

Lifestyle

Do Overweight Passengers Deserve a Bigger Seat on a Plane?

July 13, 2023 Staff 0

On a recent flight from Phoenix to London, Gerri Hether found herself seated next to an overweight passenger — so overweight that he couldn’t fit into his seat.  “His fat rolls flowed over the armrest […]

Entertainment

Magic Johnson Hosts His Annual Star-Studded Couples Trip Through Europe

July 13, 2023 Staff 0

Former NBA player Magic Johnson is at it again with his annual celeb couples trip. This year, like many others, the couples traveled throughout Europe. Johnson and his longtime wife Cookie have been sightseeing with Samuel L. […]

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Message to America: You can’t hold Black folks down!

July 13, 2023 Staff 0

by Vernon Williams This may sound clichéd, but it is factual, absolute truth. No matter what the enemy tries, no matter what is said to denigrate or dismiss, no matter if suffering is inflicted or […]

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