THE AFRO — In June, Andre DeShields, the legendary Broadway performer and Baltimore native, captured his first Tony award after 50 years in theater. This week,...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia)...
DAYTONA TIMES — “Calling All Divas’’ is a pop, rock, soul and country hit show about music, friendship and the power of sisterhood. The show is directed...
FLORIDA COURIER — On Oct. 18, nearly 180 Tampa Bay area CEOs will volunteer an entire day at Hillsborough County public elementary schools as part of a...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Hard to imagine a steaming plate of Nigerian joll of rice without the rice. Or without fish. Or wheat. Rice, fish and wheat...
DAYTONA TIMES — With a new $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) researchers plan to help more aspiring engineers bridge...
FLORDIA COURIER — A Tuskegee Airman and other aviation luminaries will be honored at the Greater Miami Aviation Association’s 92th gala on Saturday, Oct. 12 at...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — South Africa witnessed the beginning of the end of Whites-only beaches thirty years ago this week after an action launched by the Anglican...
THE AFRO — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd are on the political front line standing against President Donald J....
THE AFRO — Earlier this month, digital learning company Cengage and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced a free online textbook program to help Black...
THE AFRO — With the high cost of living, rising Metro prices and demand for reliable transportation in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is on a campaign to...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools announced today that the district’s one-year dropout rate has reached an all-time low of 6.0 percent,...
ATLANTA VOICE — The Hammonds House Museum will host the inaugural Hammonds House Honors, an evening of celebration and recognition of excellence in Black visual art.
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Launching just eight months ago the company’s value quickly rose by $1.4M after recent investments from the likes of Ladarius Gunter (former-Green Bay Packers...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — All criminal charges have been dismissed against a prominent local Black Lives Matter leader arrested after a raucous Los Angeles Police Commission meeting...
DAYTONA TIMES — Volusia County Government and community partners will kick off a 2020 Census awareness campaign at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 28, at the Emergency Operations...
DAYTONA TIMES — Boys & Girls Club staff members from all eight Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia/Flagler Counties Clubs as well as the management team from...
ATLANTA VOICE — Arabia Mountain High School graduate Arantza Pena Popo was recently awarded a $30,000 college scholarship after her design won the “Doodle for Google” competition.
DAYTONA TIMES — As part of its 2020 National Endowments for the Arts (NEA) Big Read program, the Volusia County Public Library system will sponsor an...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — In 2011, Science Magazine’s “Breakthrough of the Year” was the discovery that antiretroviral drugs were a game changer in HIV prevention. The development...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The Leimert Park Village Book Fair came about “for the culture” in 2006 when Cynthia Exum, book fair founder and executive producer, used...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — In the 115th Congress, Congresswoman Kelly was a co-sponsor of the Opioid Minority Health Report to Congress Act, which required an annual opioid...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Gov. Gavin Newsom has granted pardons to seven people, including Susan H. Burton, a former inmate from East L.A. who now helps...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — What a difference 32 years make. Ronald Reagan was president when the National Association of Black Journalists last held its annual convention...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Starting in the fall, Illinois Tech students can opt to pursue an undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence (AI), one of the first degrees of...