Fiery bishop brings African American flair to royal wedding
LOVE SERMON: Bishop Michael Bruce Curry addresses 600 guests at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. PHOTO COURTESY OF SOJO.COM By GREGORY …
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TUSKEGEE NAMES FIRST PERMANENT FEMALE PRESIDENT COURTESY OF TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) – Historically black Tuskegee University has named the first female president on …
South African photographer of iconic protest image dies
Image of a black high school student carrying a fatally wounded fellow pupil away from the gunfire of apartheid police in 1976. PHOTO COURTESY OF …
Miamian among all-women USS aircraft carrier flight deck team
PHOTOS COURTESY OF USS ROOSEVELT STAFF REPORT The USS Theodore Roosevelt left its homeport of San Diego Oct. 6 and returned on May 7. On …
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NORTHWESTERN MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAJOR BLACK PROTEST EVANSTON, Ill.(AP) – Northwestern University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a major protest by African American …
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories derail D.C. council meetings
CONTROVERSIAL: Trayon White serves on the D.C. City Council PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A spiraling controversy over …
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TRUMP SAYS KANYE WEST HAS ‘GOOD TASTE’ FOR LIKING HIM PHOTO COURTESY OF MIND EQUALS BLOWN WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump praised Kanye West …
“Whip smart,” college student killed at Waffle House mourned by hundreds
Hundreds paid respects to DeEbony Groves, one of four people killed at a Tennessee Waffle House. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK By SHEILA BURKE GALLATIN, Tenn. …
Flint lead catastrophe four years later still a major issue
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By MELISSA NANN BURKE Detroit News FLINT, Mich. — Congressional Democrats on Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the water-supply …
Starbucks reaches agreement with arrested black patrons
Rashon Nelson (left) and Donte Robinson say they hope their arrest at a Philadelphia Starbucks one week ago helps elicit change and doesn’t happen to …