Rest In Power Sis- Kelly Paula Passes Away At 76

    Kelly Paula an accomplished Broadway dancer and actress is dead. The renowned film personality died on Sunday at the age of 76 years, according to Broadway World. She leaves behind a daughter, the only child she had with her late husband Donald Chaffey, who died […]

60 years ago – students launched a sit-in movement

  Students from Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School stage set in at Granby Street’s Woolworth’s lunch counter. All Photos: New Journal and Guide archives This Black History special will be brought to you in three parts By Dr. Kelton Edmonds,  Special to the New […]

These voters are more powerful than Dems, GOP

  Hyper-partisan polarization is making America’s politics a play-to-the-base mess. But there’s one hopeful trend that doesn’t get enough attention — and it’s front and center in the New Hampshire primaries. I’m talking about the rise of independent voters — those folks who refuse to […]

Democrats Walk Out During Trump’s State Of The Union Address

  Multiple Democrats walked out before President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Bill Pascrell (N.J.), Tim Ryan (Ohio) and Jackie Speier (Calif.) left the room before Trump’s hour-plus speech concluded. “I walked out of that speech,” Tlaib tweeted after Trump’s address ended. […]

Rihanna To Be Awarded One Of The NAACP’s Top Honors

  This year’s recipient for the NAACP President’s Award is none other than Rihanna. The organization announced on Tuesday that the singer would be awarded the honor during the NAACP Image Award show, according to Pitchfork. The award, which is given “in recognition of special achievement and distinguished […]