2022-07-18 23:13
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) – Oprah Winfrey’s father, Vernon Winfrey, has died at the age of 89.
Oprah confirmed in an Instagram post that her father died in Nashville, TN, on Friday… Read More
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2022-07-18 23:12
Bixby, Okla. (AP) – A Black business leader and community activist who joined Tulsa civic leaders in fighting then-President Donald Trump’s plan to hold a campaign rally o… Read More
2022-07-18 23:12
Mobile, Ala. (AP) – Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America’s shores gathered over the weekend on the banks of an Alabama river to pay… Read More
2022-07-18 23:12
Mike Grier, born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Holliston, Massachusetts, started playing hockey at St. Sebastian’s School in Needham, Massachusetts. Mike took his hockey playing t… Read More
2022-07-18 23:12
Miami, Fla. – State Sen. Jason Pizzo of Miami, who automatically won another term in political office in 2022 by running unopposed, has pledged more than $500,000 in campaign co… Read More
2022-07-18 23:12
Miami, Fla. – Comcast announced Tuesday that it has awarded a $100,000 grant to Miami Dade College (MDC) as part of its Digital Adoption Initiative, aiming to bridge the digital divid… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
Akron, Ohio (AP) – A Black man was unarmed when Akron police chased him on foot and killed him in a hail of gunfire, but officers said he had shot at them earlier from a v… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
(Black PR Wire) – Jennifer Hudson is an incomparable actress and singer. Throughout her career Hudson has received myriad accolades for both her music and acting, including an Academy… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
For a fast and easy July warm weather salad, it doesn’t get better than Watermelon Feta.
According to Google Trends, searches for watermelon and feta cheese salads have spiked every Ju… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
Florence, Ala. (AP) – Bill Simpson never knew Ike Coffee, but he heard numerous stories about him from when his mother and aunts were growing up.
Simpson said Coffee lived in a small… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
The 2022 American Black Film Festival featured in-theater screenings and a virtual component too. Crowds watched feature films, docs and shorts and participated in talk events, networ… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
Miami – The Curtis Foundation Inc. is inviting the public to the First Miami Celebration of the 49th Anniversary of the Independence of the Bahamas.
The event will take place on Sund… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Broward County Commissioner Torey Alston, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis late last year, has decided not to run for a full term in 2022.
Two Black cand… Read More
2022-07-12 19:20
Ten students were surprised with oversized checks, hats, university swag and a total of $200,000 to help support their undergraduate studies on June 18 inside of the Museum of Discovery and… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
New York (AP) – Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to party cups.
But many are getting back… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
New York (AP) – George Lamming, a giant of post-colonial literature whose novels, essays and speeches influenced readers and peers in his native Barbados and around the world, has die… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
Meridian, Miss. (AP) – A police officer killed on duty in Mississippi earlier this month is being remembered there and in his Alabama hometown as a person willing to serve any c… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
Washington (AP) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the appointment of former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as a top adviser, filling a key White House role at a politic… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
Miami – David Clark is returning to Ransom Everglades School in the new position of Chief Operating Officer, and he will also serve as Interim Head of the Upper School.
David… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
Pembroke Pines, Fla. – Entrepreneur Nicole Williams is the first Black woman to start her own human resource business in South Florida. Williams had to overcome major obstacles… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
The Tribeca Film Festival is back on track. For 2022 it offered both theater screenings (through June 19) and at-home TFF App-viewings too (through June 26). Images of Black life were every… Read More
2022-06-29 17:47
Alcohol and cannabis share some com mon histories and cultural rela琀onships. Both have been around for thousands of years and have been met with socie tal acceptance and re… Read More
2022-06-29 17:46
Davie, Fla. – Air Pros USA, a leading residential and commercial air conditioning services company, has announced the appointment of Richard Outram, FCCA, CPA, CFE, CGMA, as its chief… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
Florida A&M University (FAMU) announced Timothy A. Barber as the next director of the Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum.
Barber, a FAMU alumnus, was the long-time ex… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
Riviera Beach, Fla. – 17-year-old academic scholar Justin Ricketts from Lake Worth, Florida has recently accomplished a very rare academic achievement. Justin, a 12th grade Math, Scie… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
A view of the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, Oct. 11, 2019. As the number of people sentenced for crimes in the Capitol insurrection nears 200, an Associated Press analysis… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
Miramar, Fla. – Miramar City Manager Roy Virgin has been on the job for more than a month and he’s making good progress so far, according to the City Council.
Virgin was appoint… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
Miami, Fla. – More than 150 people attended this year’s in-person annual ceremony as the Black Affairs Advisory Board’s (BAAB) Heritage Planning Committee hosted its annua… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
West Palm Beach, Fla. – Stanley Evans, II, is a 25-year-old Black architect with two master’s degrees.
Darrell Jahrel Sweeting is a 17-year-old, three-sport, all-star athlete at… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
Communities and organizations across the nation are preparing to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday on the first anniversary of its federal recognition, and the 156th anniversary of its… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
Milwaukee (AP) – George Thompson, who played for Marquette from 1967-69 and remains one of the program’s all-time leading scorers, has died. He was 74.
Marquette announced Thom… Read More
2022-06-18 01:53
St. Albans, W.Va. (AP) – Former NFL player and West Virginia University standout Robert Alexander has died. He was 64.
Alexander died June 7 after being found unresponsive at his St… Read More
2022-06-17 23:53
Loxahatchee, Fla. – Palm Beach State College was set to host two commencement ceremonies on Thursday, May 12 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center to celebrate the school&rsquo&helli…Read More
2022-06-17 23:53
West Palm Beach, Fla. – Palm Beach County native and education attorney, Corey M. Smith, has announced his candidacy to represent District 7 of the Palm Beach County School Board (PBC… Read More
2022-06-17 23:52
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when Broward County Public School (BCPS) students were socially distancing and learning remotely, they extended… Read More
2022-06-17 23:52
Biracial buddy cop movies (e.g., Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon) aren’t a new phenomenon and could use a refresh. The genre gets a needed update with this French ebony/ivory crime s… Read More
2022-06-17 23:52
Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP) – DJ’s spinning at the beach. Drinks flowing in the marina. Celebrities roaming the grounds in the shadow of an NFL stadium with fans nearby trying to c… Read More
2022-06-17 23:51
Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic because it wasn&rsquo&helli…Read More
2022-06-17 23:51
R. iviera Beach, Fla. – Aa group of Riviera Beach clergy is determined to Reimagine Riviera Beach and have formulated an initiative entitled Riviera Beach CAN! CAN stands for Clergy A… Read More
2022-06-17 23:51
It was a rumor that somehow would not go away. It began early on the morning of May 5, 2022. A tweet begins to circulate across Twitter. That tweet sits languishing until it is shared on In… Read More
2022-06-17 23:50
Tucson, Ariz (AP) – Former Democratic state lawmaker Herschella Horton of Tucson has died, her family announced Friday. She was 83.
A registered nurse, Horton died Wednesday, her son… Read More
2022-05-06 19:44
There are two camps of Mother’s Day celebrators: those who like nothing more than a lavish brunch/lunch/dinner at a restaurant, and those who hope for a homey celebration enjoyed while… Read More
2022-05-06 19:44
By DWIGHT BROWN NNPA News Wire Film Critic
You can bet on music’s healing power. New Orleans has played those odds for over 50 years. Its renown Jazz Fest brings all kinds of people to… Read More
2022-05-06 19:44
Surprise Mom – if you can – with this elegant but kid-friendly dessert for Mother’s Day.
This treat, which limits recipes to just six ingredients without sacrificing… Read More
2022-05-06 19:43
Cairo (AP) – For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugardusted cookies typically fills the air in Mona Abubakr’s… Read More
2022-05-06 19:43
Chicago (RNS) – In America’s third largest city, it’s possible to get a crash course in the world’s religions in a journey of just a few miles – from the Unive… Read More
2022-05-06 19:43
Baltimore (AP) – Derrick Adams moved to New York from Baltimore nearly 30 years ago because there weren’t many opportunities for him as an artist. Now Adams, 52, whose work has… Read More
2022-05-06 19:43
Cambridge, Md. (AP) – Maryland is revisiting the history of Harriet Tubman following Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to dedicate 2022 to the renowned Underground Railroad… Read More
2022-05-06 19:42
Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as… Read More
2022-05-06 19:42
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is appealing his conviction for murder in the killing of George Floyd, arguing that jurors were intimidated by the p… Read More
2022-05-03 16:21
Zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, is an obligatory act of giving and among several distinct forms of Islamic charity. The Quran and hadiths, the words and sayings of the Prophet Muha… Read More
2022-05-03 16:21
In the riot of colors and smells that is Cape Town, South Africa, we found a vibrant one-pot chicken and vegetable dish that turned our idea of what a curry is on its head.
From a distance… Read More
2022-05-03 16:21
West Palm Beach, Fla. – The ladies of the West Palm Beach Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., came out in grand style last Saturday as members held a “high stak… Read More
2022-05-03 16:21
There’s not much that rattles Tameria Brown, 41, of Pompano Beach. The gospel singer, author and sexual abuse survivor has beaten cancer not once, but three times. She has experienced… Read More
2022-05-03 16:20
Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Mwai Kibaki, the former Kenyan leader whose distinguished political career was tarnished when he won a second presidential term that was followed by deadly post… Read More
2022-05-03 16:20
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – Johnnie A. Jones Sr., a Louisiana civil rights attorney and World War II veteran who was wounded during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, has died. Jones was 102… Read More
2022-05-03 16:20
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) After a delay of nearly a week, the Florida Department of Education has released two examples that it says back up its rejection of dozens of math textbooks becau… Read More
2022-05-03 16:20
ATLANTA (AP) – Spelman College, one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women, is likely to name as its president an epidemiologist who spent decades fighti… Read More
2022-05-03 16:20
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – Voting rights groups sued Florida on Friday over a congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature, saying it will d… Read More
2022-05-03 16:20
Belle Glade, Fla. – Eighteenyear-old Ja’Leaha Thornton of Belle Glade is the valedictorian of her class at Glades Central High School with a 4.9 GPA. She’s also captain of… Read More
2022-05-02 16:38
PHOTO BY GREGORY REED FOR THE CARRIE MEEK FOUNDATION
Florida City winners, with The Meek Foundation team, at their orientation reception at Florida City, City Hall.
Funding boost from Instac… Read More
2022-04-21 19:49
She’s yanked, pushed and pulled. To here, there, everywhere. To times and places she couldn’t imagine.
The very drably attired Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) owns and operates a l… Read More
2022-04-21 19:49
You may recognize Malik Yoba from his television and film career spanning 30 years. His first movie role was in the 1993 hit “Cool Runnings,” a comedy based on the J… Read More
2022-04-21 19:48
Boston (AP) – For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marked the first time since 2019 that they gathered in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year&rsqu&helli…Read More
2022-04-21 19:48
Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP) – Funeral services have been scheduled for Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man fatally shot following a traffic stop and struggle with a white police of… Read More
2022-04-21 19:48
West Palm Beach – West Palm Beach’s Northwest District revitalization is taking another leap forward as the historic Sunset Lounge’s restoration approaches fruition in a p… Read More
2022-04-21 19:48
It’s a convergence that happens only rarely. Coinciding with Judaism’s Passover, Christianity’s Easter and Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, Buddhists, Baha’is, S… Read More
2022-04-21 19:47
New York (AP) – Pioneering hip-hop artist Keith Grayson, who performed as DJ Kay Slay and worked with top stars, has died of complications from COVID19.
Grayson’s death at age… Read More
2022-04-21 19:47
Brunswick, Ga. (AP) – Cornelia Walker Bailey devoted her life to documenting and preserving the Saltwater Geechee culture on Sapelo Island until her passing in 2017, but it seems the… Read More
2022-04-21 19:47
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Pastors have filed at least three federal lawsuits in recent weeks against the African Methodist Episcopal Church along with several subsidiaries and ᤙ… Read More
2022-04-08 20:04
Marcus and Drew are like Cain and Abel. Two brothers both loving and jealous. In the Bible, only Cain survived. Should one of them be worried?
Producer (“Sons of Anarchy”), wri… Read More
2022-04-08 20:04
New York (AP) – Acclaimed musician Robert Glasper’s magic-infused fingers have touched everything from jazz to hip-hop to R&B, and now he’s included TV series mu… Read More
2022-04-08 20:04
New Orleans (AP) – Nearly 60 years ago, a historic Black community founded as a home for newly freed slaves was demolished to expand a national park commemorating the Battle of New Or… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
Cairo (AP) – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan – when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk – began Sunday for many in the United States but Saturday in much of the Middle Ea… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
Los Angeles (AP) – Tommy Davis, 83, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, died Sunday night in Phoenix, the team… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
Kingston, Jamaica (AP) – Fitzroy “Bunny Diamond” Simpson of reggae trio Mighty Diamonds has died just two days after the shooting death of lead singer Donald “Tabby… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
Pittsburg (AP) – Julius Pegues, the first Black basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 86.
The school said Pegues di… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
Detroit (AP) – Majority-Black Detroit has become the largest U.S. city to challenge its figures from the 2020 census following a national head count in which the U.S. Census Bur… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – In partnership with the Miami-Dade Beacon Council and FuturePerfect Ventures, the City of Miami Beach sponsored a cryptocurrency thought leadership reception on Ap… Read More
2022-04-08 20:03
Riviera Beach, Fla. – Riviera Beach police chief Nathan Osgood abruptly resigned April 1 amid allegations that he improperly acted on behalf of city Councilman Douglas Lawson regardin… Read More
2022-03-31 22:22
Los Angeles (AP) – Hit-Boy won top Grammy rap honors with some of hiphop’s biggest heavyweights – Jay-Z, Kanye West, known as Ye, and Nas – and now he is ascending i… Read More
2022-03-31 22:22
New York (AP) – Will Smith’s Oscars slap wasn’t the first time an unexpected moment on a live televised entertainment event left mouths agape. Here other notables:
… Read More
2022-03-31 22:22
Leader Lauren Book
“Yesterday, Governor DeSantis signed yet another piece of divisive and particularly cruel legislation, in HB1557.
Dismissive and uninformed Republicans claim the… Read More
2022-03-31 22:22
Miami – Miami-based law firm Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L has launched its second annual H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship to support minority law scho… Read More
2022-03-31 22:21
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act (H.R. 55), legislation introduced by Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), was signed into law, and Congressional Black Caucus… Read More
2022-03-31 22:21
West Palm Beach, Fla. – How would you like to cruise around West Palm Beach by night on a three-wheel bicycle cruiser? Well, thanks to entrepreneur Ashley Walker, owner of Smoothie Me… Read More
2022-03-31 22:21
Brandon, Fla. (AP) _ The pain in his chest was sudden, heavy.
Juan Sosa was at home doing pushups in the bedroom where he had isolated himself for almost two weeks after testing positive fo… Read More
2022-03-31 22:21
“Until the philosophy, which holds one race superior, and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited, and abandoned, everywhere is war. “Until there is no lon… Read More
2022-03-31 22:21
But joy was in the air on the opening day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Joy was in my heart and in the hearts of so many friends a… Read More
2022-03-31 22:21
“Do you coddle child pornographers and are you soft on crime?”
“Do you agree with this book that babies are racist?”
“Can you provide a definition for t… Read More
2022-03-25 22:16
What some medical marijuana pa琀ents in Florida may not realize is that a registry iden琀fica琀on card is not a license to openly smoke cannabis. Nor does it allow t… Read More
2022-03-25 22:16
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – After a covid hiatus, the lights shined bright at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Singers and musicians rocked the stage and fans danced like it was a block… Read More
2022-03-25 22:16
Kansas City, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to Miami for a package of draft picks Wednesday, and the Dolphins are giving the three-time All-Pro wide receiver a $… Read More
2022-03-25 22:16
Portland, Maine (AP) – The federal government has approved $1.7 million for the restoration of one of the oldest Black churches in the U.S. that served as a northern sanctuary for the… Read More
2022-03-25 22:16
Bessemer, Ala. (AP) – It’s hard to miss Calvin Tucker.
He pulls up in his SUV, which is wrapped with photos of dogs and cars and a big SOCAT logo, to a spot in Bessemer where w… Read More
2022-03-25 22:16
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Sierra Jenkins was a young Black journalist working in a rapidly shrinking industry where colleagues often didn’t look like her. But Jenkins, 25, was exactly… Read More
2022-03-25 22:15
The Rev. Emmett C. Burns Jr., a civil rights leader in Maryland who also served in the General Assembly for 20 years, has died at age 81.
Del. Benjamin Brooks Sr., who succeeded Burns in t… Read More
2022-03-25 22:15
Washington (AP) – Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female secretary of state and a mentor to… Read More
2022-03-25 22:15
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Habitat for Humanity of Broward is receiving the largest gift in its history, a $6.75 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who today an… Read More
2022-03-23 06:48
There is a renewed focus on racism and structural inequality in the process of buying and selling homes after a Black couple shared their experience of how their home increased in value by h… Read More
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