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NNPA Rolls out Live Daily Breaking News Broadcast Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent For 194 years, the Black Press of America has remained the voice of the African American community and the […]
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Black and Gold…The Soul of the City
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief New Orleans A City of Traditions New Orleans is a City that is filled with rituals, some taking on a sacred quality. Like red beans and rice on Mon. Super Sunday, where […]
Marc H. Morial Returns Home to Kick-Off his Independent Bookstores Virtual Gumbo Coalition Leadership Lecture Series and Book Tour
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS, La. December 13, 2020 — Marc H. Morial’s Gumbo Coalition Leadership has partnered with Harper Collins and One Street Books to host this National Lecture Series and […]
Saints Leads the NFC South in Mid-Season
Fleur De Lis Data News Weekly Columnist What’s up NOLA, this is Fleur De Lis giving you the news in Black and Gold. It is the middle of the season and who would have thought […]
Saints Games Begin to have Fans in Attendance
Data News Staff Edited Report The controversy around fans at the Saints game have come to a compromise between the Saints organization and Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The first game was played on October 25, 2020 […]
Local film community mourns Chadwick Boseman
Alexa Green Data News Weekly Contributor The news of Black Panther Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death to colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020 sent the Hollywood community and his fans into mourning for the loss of […]
Hip-Hop Mogul Percy Miller (Master P) to Pay for Funeral of Young Girl Shot in Dollhouse
Data News Staff Edited Report In a gesture of goodwill Hip-Hop Mogul Percy Miller also know to the world as Master P said he will pay for the funeral of a 3-year-old Kentucky girl who […]
Greenleaf: OWN Network Hit is the Number One Cable Telecast for Women 25-54
Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor The fifth and final season premiere of OWN’s hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf” (6/23/20) delivered 1.9 million viewers and ranked as Tuesday night’s #1 cable telecast […]
Uptown Music Theatre (UMT) will Perform their Award Winning Production of Disney’s Lion King, Jr. at Dillard University
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Music Theatre (UMT) will perform their award winning production of Disney’s Lion King, Jr. UMT’s Competition Team won Outstanding Production for their rendition of the Lion […]
Fashion, Fluidity, Feminism and Pharrell
Maiysha Kai Writer theroot.com “I am my most comfortable self when I’m being a character,” says Pharrell in his cover story for GQ’s “The New Masculinity” issue, where the producer-entertainer-designer dons what this writer immediately […]