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Terry B. Jones Publisher On August 18, 2019 the Grammy-nominated and legendary Hall of Fame Group The Whispers took the stage at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in a benefit performance for the Sisters of […]
Month: August 2019
National
Moving Fashion Forward
Data News Weekly would like to welcome our newest Fashion Columnist, Renee Johnson, to the team. Renee Johnson is a New Orleans native, a fashion designer/modiste, and a fiber artist. Her fashion lines include: Afri […]
National
White Arkansas Woman Pulls Gun on 4 Black Fundraising Teens
Associated Press none Wynne, Ark. – The wife of an Arkansas jail administrator was arrested and charged with assault several days after police say she pulled a gun on four Black teenagers who were going […]
National
Roc Nation Enters into Long-Term Partnership with NFL as League’s Official Live Music Entertainment Strategists
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report none Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has risen a long way from the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn of his early life to become a global icon. Today Jay-Z, is an award-winning […]
Black Experience
Marcus Garvey Celebration 2019
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, New Orleans celebrated the life and legacy of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was born in Jamaica on August 17, 1887. That was 132 years ago! Fate chose to […]
Local
New Orleans Mourns the Loss of Two Great Voices in Media; Nancy Parker and C.J. Morgan
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief The Crescent City is mourning the loss of two great voices in media. Longtime radio personality C.J. Morgan and Fox 8 Anchor, Nancy Parker recently passed away. Both were loved by many […]
Local
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana’s First Female Governor Dies at 76
Data News Saff Edited Report none BATON ROUGE, LA — Louisiana’s first female Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, died Sunday, August 18th after battling a rare, incurable type of cancer that had spread to her liver. […]
Commentary
Jamestown to Jamestown: Commemorating 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience
Derrick Johnson NAACP President and CEO History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived in the British colony of Jamestown, […]
Commentary
Who Cares About Fair Elections?
Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor The US House of Representatives passed the Securing America’s Fair Elections (SAFE) Act in June by a nearly totally partisan vote of 225-184 in late June. Only one Republican voted […]
Featured
Nakita Shavers From Tragedy to Triumph
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief New Orleans a Tale of Two Cities The City of New Orleans is a place rich in culture; it is something that keeps people coming back year after year. But in spite […]