California Halts Prison Gang Peacemaking Effort

September 25, 2019 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prison officials have halted an effort aimed at forcing warring prison gangs to get along with each other after the inmates wound up brawling and even rioting when placed together in prison recreation yards, officials told The […]

Little Known Black History Fact: Bob McAdoo

September 25, 2019 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder The modern NBA features plenty of hybrid big men that can shoot the ball, but Bob McAdoo may have set the standard in the ‘70s. The talented Hall of Fame forward-center was born September 25, 1951 in Greensboro, N.C. Robert […]

Renowned Opera Star Jessye Norman Dead At 74

October 1, 2019 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 74. A […]

Them Texas chickens!!!

October 1, 2019 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder Quit playin ! By Vincent L. Hall, activist, author  “If Malcolm was alive today, he would tell you that the chickens have come home to roost again. Dallas Texas, specifically the very spot where Kennedy was killed is a […]

CBC members plan State of the Union protest

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a lengthy, members-only meeting on Capitol Hill on January 19, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) discussed various options to protest the current President of the United States. Their protest plans centered around the annual State […]