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Spiritually Speaking
By James Washington Some of you may remember that I declared this some time ago and it bears repeating. I wish it was original, but it is not. It comes straight from the pulpit and […]
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Black Experience
Activist David Banner Calls On Young People to Engage the Black Community
By Precious Smith Today’s generation of Black millennials should give their smartphones a break and become more involved in the community. Hip-hop Activist David Banner shared this and other insights when he spoke at a […]
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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 […]
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The Black Press Remembers “Before the Mayflower” Author, Freedom Fighting Journalist Lerone Bennett Jr.
By Stacy M. Brown Perhaps no other voice—or pen—captured the real life of Africans and African Americans like Lerone Bennett Jr., the former editor of EBONY and Jet magazines who died on Wednesday, February 14 […]
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Black Experience
Slave Captains Instructed
The Skills of the Africans were so vital to Louisiana settlers that slave ship captains were instructed not to stop in the West Indies in route to Louisiana because French West Indian planters would buy […]
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BLACK FACTS
FOUNDING OF NEW ORLEANS The French had learned from natives about a path from the lake down what is now Bayou Road across Esplanade ridge to the Mississippi River. When they decided to build a […]
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Meet The 2016 – 2017 Trailblazers
Data News Staff Report Each month, Data News Weekly pays tribute to an individual doing extraordinary things in the community. For years, Data has highlighted these outstanding people as Trailblazers of the Month. These are […]
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Black Girls Rock: BET Celebrates Black Women at Annual Event
Lauren Poteat During a star-studded showcase of social activism, creativity and courage, BET celebrated the achievements of Black women and girls at the “Black Girls Rock! 2017” awards show. Taraji P. Henson, the award-winning […]
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Film Review: Detroit
Dwight Brown “Detroit” tells a story of racial injustice and police brutality, based on fact, which is easy enough to believe and has parallels with today’s problems with police criminality and impunity. But since this […]