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Lower 9th Ward Music Park Grand Opening
The upcoming music park will feature an interactive art and sound station. Cotlon created the park in collaboration with The Urban Conga, a design firm that encourages social interaction […]
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Celebrity Stylist to Host Non-Profit Scholarship
Celebrity Stylist Goo Goo Atkins returns to host Le Sanctuary Book Club’s “Stars & Stripes Celebrity Day Soiree and Bowling Bash”, Saturday, July 1st from 1:30pm – 4:30pm on ESSENCE Music Festival weekend, Fulton Alley. […]
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City Breaks Ground on S. Galvez Street Reconstruction Project
Data News Staff Edited Report One June 1, 2017, Mayor Mitch Landrieu joined City and State officials, and community stakeholders to break ground on the $5.4 million S. Galvez Street Reconstruction Project. In the Hoffman […]
National
Flint Residents Still Suffering, Forgotten, Abandoned
Residents of Flint, Michigan have very little to celebrate, three years after the water crisis in the city made national headlines. On April 25, as citizens of the blue-collar city, located about one hour from […]
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NAACP President Cornell Brooks Voted Out
Why did the NAACP’s national board vote to part ways with their president, Cornell William Brooks? Several longtime members contacted by the NNPA Newswire were shocked to hear the news. Brooks, 56, has served in […]
National
AKA President, Lawmakers Condemn Racist Act at American University
A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African-American woman, was elected to be student body president at American University, nooses and bananas (some with the words “AKA Free” on them) were found hanging in […]