Year: 2026

by Dr. Glenn Mollette Delay is not always the best plan but you can’t do everything today. You can delay paying your utility bills a few days but you can’t delay for very long because […]

By Sylvia Perry JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When abolitionist Frederick Douglass rose to speak on July 5, 1852, he did not come to celebrate America’s independence. He came to confront it. Standing before the Rochester Ladies’ […]

As Black churches increasingly move beyond the pulpit into economic development, a small group of high-profile pastors—many tied to the prosperity gospel tradition—illustrate how faith, media, and business ventures have converged to build multimillion-dollar ministries […]

Gemini Photo by Reshonda Tate | Houston Defender Long before Black Americans held political power, built economic influence, or could count on equal protection under the law, we had something untouchable. We had our music. […]

In 1916 and 1918 – when Willie Mae Jackson and Sallie Chatman were born – America was still deeply segregated under Jim Crow laws. For African Americans, life in much of the South meant restricted […]

Genesis Blunt has been crowned Miss Juneteenth 2026, earning the top honor during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation’s Sixth Annual Miss Juneteenth Cultural Scholarship Pageant held June 20 at the Salem Centre. […]

By Sarah Bobrow-Williams Across the rural South, Black women continue to be diagnosed with cervical cancer too late—not because solutions are unknown, but because systems fail to reach, inform, and support them in time. Participatory […]

Nearly 20 years after Why Did I Get Married? introduced audiences to four couples navigating love, marriage and life’s challenges, Tyler Perry is bringing the beloved franchise back with Why Did I Get Married Again? […]

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Brandye Mackey celebrated a milestone birthday with a gathering that reflected her journey of faith, family, resilience and purpose.  over 150 guests converged on Sullivan Hall at Sacred Heart Catholic Church […]