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The Age of Shirt Dresses
By Delaney George Is it a shirt? Is it a dress? Fashion can be confusing, but it sure is innovative. In today’s fashion world, people are becoming more and more creative with how they dress […]
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Celebrating Black Beauty through Art
By La’Shance Perry Local experts and artists addressed the topic of Black self-love as part of “Queen: A Symposium on Black Beauty,” on Feb. 22, 2018, that featured the artistic works from the exhibition “Queen: […]
42 Tribes
Big Chief of the Week 32
Red Cheyenne Tribe By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE 2016 – Present – Big Chief John “Twin” Ohillia At the age of fifteen, Big Chief John “Twin” Ohillia started following the Comanche Hunters and fell in […]
National
Did Prosecutors Destroy Evidence in the Cosby Sexual Assault Case?
By Stacy M. Brown As Montgomery County prosecutors continue to pursue a verdict in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case involving former Temple University employee Andrea Constand, lawyers for the entertainer have filed several motions, […]
Commentary
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on Arming Teachers
By Randi Weingarten President, AFT Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s proposals to arm teachers: “I spoke to 60,000 educators last night in a telephone town hall. The response was universal, even […]
Featured
The Movie Black Panther Inspires a Community to Greatness
By Edwin Buggage Black Panther Strike Box Office Gold Black Panther,” Disney/Marvel’s African-oriented comic book adaptation, has taken the movie industry by storm breaking box office records for a film with a primarily Black cast. […]
Black Experience
Black Facts
MAROONS Maroons were Africans who had escaped from slavery in the Americas, mixed with the Native Americans, and formed independent settlements. Between 1780 and 1784, a group of Maroons led by Jean Saint Malo resisted […]
Local
Rep. Richmond To Homeland Security Chairman: Hold Hearing on Mass Shootings
Data Staff Reports In a letter to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA-02) demanded that the Committee, of which he’s a member, “live up to its name and mission” […]
Local
Play Aims To Tell An Authentic History of Civil Rights Movement
By Kimani Hamilton His concern that this modern generation was still not being taught true Black History is what led Flint Mitchell to decide to write a play that teaches the true struggles of people […]
Local
Three Black Doctors Share their Path to Success
By Jade Myers Only 5 percent of U.S. Physicians are Black. On Feb. 15th, three of them shared their journey to entering the medical profession after writing the new book: “Pulse of Perseverance: Three Black […]