Roberta Flack, Soul Legend, R&B Icon, Dies Aged 88
By Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Safi Bugel Roberta Flack, the US singer behind a string of hits including Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died aged 88. “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February […]
Read MoreCongresswoman Alma Adams blasts Trump administration’s suspension of 1890 Scholars Program
BY: GREG CHILDRESS | NC Newsline Congresswoman Alma Adams issued a statement late last week criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to suspend the 1890 Scholars Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Scholars Program was established in 1992 in […]
Read MoreSchool cellphone bans spread across states, though enforcement could be tricky
BY: ROBBIE SEQUEIRA | Stateline Across the country, state lawmakers are finding rare bipartisan ground on an increasingly urgent issue for educators and parents: banning cellphone use in schools. Fueling these bans is growing research on the harmful effects of smartphone and social media use on […]
Read MoreKamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith […]
Read MoreThe Brief But Shining Life Of Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Conversation – Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn […]
Read MoreMLK Jr.’s Family History From Slavery To Civil Rights
By: Jordan Meadows | Staff Writer The story of Martin Luther King Jr. is widely known, but the influences of the pioneers who came before him are still unfamiliar to many. The spirit of justice and activism that King Jr. […]
Read MoreSonny Kelly Presents The Ongoing Fight for Freedom
By Ms. Jheri Worldwide | Staff Writer A one-man play is a massive undertaking. Add to that an impactful player from every major American conflict since the American Revolution. Sonny Kelly of Legacy Heirs Productions with the support of the […]
Read MoreOttawa W. Gurley: The Visionary Of Black Wall Street
BlackWallStreet.org Contributors: Larry Hill, BWSUSA; Antoine Gara Forbes; Janice Gerda, Case Western Reserve University; Karen Sapp, BWSUSA; Just around the start of the 20th century Ottawa W. Gurley, a wealthy African American land-owner from Arkansas, traversed the United States to participate […]
Read MoreMeet North Carolina’s New State Superintendent Green
By Liz Schlemmer | WUNC What José Oliva remembers most about Mo Green, when he was Superintendent of Guilford County Schools a decade ago, is that he was patient. Oliva, then 15, had recently arrived from Guatemala, when he was […]
Read MoreTrump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better
By: James L. Perry, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Emeritus, Indiana University | The Conversation On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks to reclassify […]
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