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In conjunction with The Bethel Church’s BEST Academy, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Gamma Rho Omega Chapter sponsored its 9th annual Beyond High School Seminar. This year’s workshops were presented to a total of 118 […]

On, Saturday October 29, over 500 family and Friends of the Brentwood Public Library (FOBL) participated in the FOBL, Community Fall Festival. The event provided free fun activities for families that included a donut eating […]

Bounce TV –– the nation’s fastest-growing television network designed for African-American audiences –  will premiere the classic Roots, the milestone mini-series which chronicled the story of an African slave sold to America and his descendants. Bounce […]

The Alabama State University Board of Trustees voted, last week, to suspend Gwendolyn Boyd as president, according to AL.com. She has been placed on administrative leave following the board’s declaration of “failure to maintain confidence.” […]

by Frederick Lowe With the 2016 Presidential election around the corner on November 8th, The Sentencing Project is reporting that 6.1 million individuals will be prohibited from voting because of felony convictions and most of […]

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee were among  the big political names in Jacksonville last week to galvanize voters for the presidential election next week. The I.B.E.W. Union Hall […]

Black American Author wins Man Booker Prize U.S. author Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout,  was named winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize this week, the first American […]

White supremacist David Duke has qualified for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate debate scheduled for November 2 at Dillard University, a Historically Black University based in New Orleans. Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan, […]