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By Cheryl Mainor This past week, the world said its last good bye to the Queen of Soul, Ms. Aretha Franklin.  Cable news anchors stopped their political chatter simultaneously with breaking news, “Aretha Franklin, the […]

Data Staff Reports From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in […]

Photos by Kichea S. Burt & Ellen Rosenberg Last weekend, the Vieux Carre’ played host to the 18th Annual Satchmo SummerFest, offering the best in food and music New Orleans has to offer. This unique […]

June Hazeur On Sunday, August 5, 2018, Kurte Pellerin celebrated his 60th Birthday at his Restaurant and Bar in the Wyndham Hotel in New Orleans East to a standing room only crowd. Lisa Amos and […]

By Freddie Allen In the early morning hours of January 10, 1966, civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr. was jolted from his sleep, as members of the Ku Klux Klan surrounded his house just north […]

By Daja E. Henry and Ila Wilborn Over 38,000 people watched from the stands Sunday in Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park as Tuskegee University pitcher Christian Marshall stepped up to the plate to throw the ceremonial […]

Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers made history on Saturday. Kentish-Rogers, 25, is the first black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great Britain since the pageant’s inception in 1952. The newly crowned […]

Photos by Glenn Summers The Essence Music Festival is more than just night time concerts. It is truly a party with a purpose. It was also a time to celebrate empowerment and inspiring each other […]