Honors for ‘Father of Black History’
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum PHOTO COURTESY OF REALTIME MARKETING GROUP By DR. TAMEKA BRADLEY HOBBS A small but very significant historic institution in a small …
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PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1963 CHURCH BOMBING ECHOES THROUGHOUT ALABAMA SENATE RACE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Convicted of murder in the deadliest attack …
AHCAC’s inaugural “Art Blues & BBQ Festival” a great success
Left to right: Community Icon Carole Ann Taylor, AHCAC Assistant Director Teddy Harrell Jr., AHCAC Marketing & Communications Manager Cheryl Mizell and longtime AHCAC Director …
US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By IVAN MORENO, LARRY FENN and MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) – Charter schools are among the nation’s most segregated, an …
Arsht Center names first black board chair
Ira Hall PHOTO COURTESY OF ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER Staff Report MIAMI – A former civil rights activist who went on to forge a long, successful …
FMU journalism students receive grant
FMU students at the NASCAR championship race. PHOTO COURTESY OF FMU JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Florida Memorial University chapter of the National …
Fund will preserve African American historical sites
Shockoe Bottom in Richmond, Virginia. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON – A new $25 million fund is being set …
Why few women of color in wave of accusers? ‘Stakes higher’
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMBONEWSPOT.COM By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) – In the weeks since dozens of women have …
Reverend Jesse Jackson fights against Parkinson’s and injustice
Jesse Jackson has revealed a Parkinson’s diagnosis. PHOTO COURTESY OF THEHUNGRYNOMAD By SHARON COHEN and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press CHICAGO – For more than 50 …
Morgan Stanley, National Urban League and partners to launch a minority capital access fund
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League. PHOTO COURTESY OF WEB.NCCU.EDU By ANN MARIE SORRELL Mosaic Group FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – …