Posts in category Black News

Former NAACP President Cornell William Brooks PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ADELLE M. BANKS Religion News Service The bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – Yul Dorn and his wife raised their son and daughter in a three-bedroom …

PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By DAVID PITT Associated Press Justice Daryl Hecht DES MOINES, Iowa – Black defendants on trial in Iowa have a better …

STOCK PHOTO By Associated Press WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate for black Americans fell to 7.1 percent in June, the lowest level in more than …

PHOTO COURTESY OF BECAUSE OF THEM WE CAN SHARIAH HARRIS IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO PLAY IN THE HIGHEST US POLO LEAGUE GREENWICH, …

Rittenhouse Square neighborhood PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILLYVOICE.COM Associated Press PHILADELPHIA – Police say they want to talk to two people about a noose found hanging …

New Intel grant program invests $4.5 million to support STEM pathways for HBCU students. PHOTO COURTESY OF BLOGS@INTEL Black PR Wire Shaping a more diverse …

South Florida Times editor Isheka N. Harrison was on the grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana covering the 23rd Annual Essence Festival. Check out a brief …

Photo courtesy Wikipedia By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON – Adults think that black girls are less innocent, less in need of protection and …

Left photo: LaShannon Petit, left, and her mother Ernestine Mike-Petit took a girls’ trip to Essence Festival this year. Center Photo: Benjamin Evans, left, said …