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Music and the Movement: The Lasting Legacy of the Queen of Soul

September 4, 2018 Staff 0

by Marc Morial “Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest […]

Editorials

Use of the ‘N-Word’ is Far from the Only Measure of Racism

September 4, 2018 Staff 0

by Jesse Jackson Last week, amid the continuing clamor of Trump’s chaos presidency, the question of whether Trump had used the n-word became a media sensation. Omarosa Manigault Newman, the president’s former aide, claims there […]

Greek Life

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Announces New Executive Director

September 4, 2018 Staff 0

Cynthia Eubanks Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.’s international board of directors recently announced the appointment of Cynthia Eubanks as its new executive director. She succeeds Rachel Morris who served in the position for nine years. […]

Entertainment

STARZ launches national “Share Your Voice” spoken word contest for its new original series “America To Me”

September 4, 2018 Staff 0

Entries accepted through October 7, Winner to be announced on October 28 Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), announced today that submissions are being accepted from U.S. students for the opportunity to win a […]

Editorials

Black Candidates Have Always Been Made to Run an Extra Mile – It’s Time for that to Stop

August 30, 2018 Staff 0

When firefighters escorted me out of our home at age seven, I had know idea it had to do with my mother going up against the almost entirely white wealthy political establishment.  What turned out to […]

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Does Golf Need Tiger Woods to be Good Again? Should Blacks Even Care?

August 21, 2018 Staff 0

After taking the world by storm as a teenager beginning his professional golfing career, Tiger Woods seemed to be the Michael Jordan of his sport. In many eyes, there was no doubt that he would […]

International

R.I.P. Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Former United Nations Secretary General

August 20, 2018 Staff 0

Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work with the UN. (Photograph: Allison Joyce/Reuters) by Chris Johnston via theguardian.com The former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, has died at the […]

Feature

Obamas Join Black Vacationers for Annual Marthas Vineyard August Retreat

August 20, 2018 Staff 0

If you ever want a glimpse of President Barack Obama, plan to be on Martha’s Vineyard in the month of August. Serving two terms in the White House, the former president and his family have […]

National

NASA Appoints First Black Female Deputy Director

August 20, 2018 Staff 0

Black women are continuing to break barriers in the realm of STEM. NASA has announced that Vanessa Wyche has been appointed as the deputy director of their Johnson Space Center; making her the first African-American […]

Sports

Former NFL Wide Receiver Randy Moss is on the Receiving End of Hate Mail About His Tie Tributing Slain Men

August 20, 2018 Staff 0

Randy Moss, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, says he received hate mail for wearing a tie with names of black men and women shot to death by police or died […]

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