By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Colin Kaepernick’s more than two year battle with the NFL has come to an end. The former NFL quarterback and the league have reached a financial settlement in […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Metropolitan Human Services District has received a $740 thousand grant for the Louisiana State Opioid Response (LaSOR) program from the Louisiana Department of Health – Office of Behavioral Health. This funding […]
By Avane Ervin Data News Weekly Contributor This year marks the 400th year that enslaved Africans arrived in the United States. The slave narratives they left behind provides a history to African-American culture. Retired Dillard […]
By Malika Elmengad and Franklin Chavis Black Millennial Voices Becoming a well-known hip-hop rapper involves displaying creative genius and talent on the stage and in recording studios. Unfortunately, for some young aspiring hip-hop artists, unjust […]
Southern University junior Alyric Scott and freshman Tanera Moore each posted double-doubles as the Jaguars led wire-to-wire in a lopsided 67-46 win on the road at Mississippi Valley State Monday night. The duo of Scott […]
Photos by Kichea S. Burt Data News Weekly Contributor To kick-start the 2019 season, the satire of Mardi Gras was displayed by New Orleans walking parades made up of mini Krewes from several neighborhoods within […]
By Darby Farr Data News Weekly Contributor A century and a half This year Dillard University marked 150 years since its founding as Straight University. Southern University in Baton Rouge, Grambling University, and Xavier University […]
By Lacee Ancar Data News Weekly Contributor In the male dominated world of sports, female athletes and professionals say it’s important to support young girls and women to change current stigmas for future generations. To […]
Leon A. Waters Chairperson of the Louisiana Museum of African American History; Manager of Hidden History Tours, @ www.HiddenHistory.us In September, 1997, Dr. Michael Blakey, former Howard University archaeology professor, and former director of the […]
Innocence Project of New Orleans In January 2019, Eric Prudholm was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, into the arms of his daughter as a free man after a joint order to vacate […]
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