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 […]
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 […]
By Kia Morgan-Smith thegrio.com The second woman to come forward with sexual assault allegations against Virginia’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax says that she was also raped by a former Duke and NBA basketball player Corey […]
By Daylan Paige Data News Weekly Contributor Critically acclaimed Playwright Lynn Nottage, an Associate Professor of Theatre at Columbia University, shared stories from her successful career and her techniques of her writing at a lecture […]
Producers of the 50th anniversary Jazz Fest have decided to mark the milestone event with something special: The addition of another day of the signature festival celebrating New Orleans music and culture. Thursday, April 25 […]
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