NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — For the Memphis Urban League, “HOPE” is an acronym for Having Opportunities to Pursue Empowerment. The gala event will honor eight HOPE Diamonds...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — National experts and advocates gathered in Birmingham this week to offer insights into addressing the Southern AIDS epidemic. The event was held Wednesday, Aug....
BLACK VOICE NEWS — A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Biles winning the national title for the sixth time this year was certainly cause for celebration. However, it...
ATLANTA VOICE — The exhibit is comprised of contributory moments of his life, including his family, community works, actress Lauren London and the infamous street where his...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — On any given day, you go to the grocery store to shop for food, not necessarily to be served free picnic nosh...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Leaned up against the kitchen sink in her near northside home, Valerie McCray almost slipped up as she explained why she's putting her career...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Alabama attended the 2019 G.I.R.L. Leadership Summit earlier this month at Samford University in Birmingham. This event, hosted...
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.
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Local activist Pamela Moses wants her name on the October 3rd ballot and will move forward with a lawsuit against the Shelby...
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...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — It truly is a new day at Florida Memorial University now that Timothy S. Harris Sr. has been tasked with leading the rebirth...
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...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The social room of the Dearborn Homes public housing development was dedicated to former resident Irene Hughes on Monday – her 103rd birthday.
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson has been named President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League, the organization announced Tuesday, August 13. Gary’s first Black...
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.
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — A visit to Urban Ministry proves to be equally eventful and heartwarming. It’s lunchtime and the cafeteria is packed. The aroma of home-cooked meats and fresh...
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...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Singer/songwriter/talk show host Syleena Johnson may be living and working in Atlanta but she is Chicago through and through. Johnson sat down with the...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced the first production of its 40th season, “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury. Woolly Mammoth is the first...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — The number of states that have approved legalizing marijuana increases each year. Florida has taken another step in that direction. Prosecutors in...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — For more than 50 years, the A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club has been serving youths from Bessemer and Birmingham’s west side. But now may be...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — In July 2018, Myiah Hill was a 27-year-old single mother of three, on public assistance and living in subsidized housing, making $5,000 a...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Montage, a monthly film series at The Pompano Beach Cultural Center, returns in August with Support the Reel. The program showcases four local...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Philadelphia honored singer Patti LaBelle with her very own street earlier this week. Unfortunately, the signs didn’t get her name right. The...