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Court-Ordered Mediation in Maryland HBCU Case Ends without Agreement

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2013, Judge Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court of Maryland, found the state in violation of the 14th Amendment rights of its HBCU students and…

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COMMENTARY: Commemorating 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience

THE AFRO — History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived in the British colony…

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HBCU College Fair expands

THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER — Launched in 2017 by the Suncoast Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. and Shorecrest Preparatory School, the Tampa Bay area’s only HBCU College Fair has…

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Green Book of Tampa Bay highlights area’s black vendors and businesses

THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER — Describing itself as a “mobile travel guide,” Green Book of Tampa Bay is an online resource that offers its readers information on African American cultural sites, black…

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BMA’s Barbie Exhibit: How Society Views Beauty and Women of Color

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — What has Barbie done for you, and what has Barbie done to you? These are the questions curators at the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) want visitors to…

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Ahinoam and David Israel Bring Total Wellness Hub to Bessemer

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Israel and her husband David operate Good Health to be Hail, a total-wellness center that features a café and juice bar serving fresh-squeezed juices, smoothies, organic fruits,…

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Slaughter Appointed to African American Mayors Association’s Business Council

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Kimberly Slaughter, HNTB Corporation transit/rail practice leader and senior vice president, has been appointed by the African American Mayors Association to the group’s Business Council. According to…

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Hometown Hero Gets Key to the City

THE AFRO — In June, Andre DeShields, the legendary Broadway performer and Baltimore native, captured his first Tony award after 50 years in theater. This week, DeShields was back in…

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Powerful and Pretty: Serial entrepreneur Morgan A. Owen spills the tea on how to build a business from the ground up in her new book

THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Morgan A. Owens had a lot to smile about during her exclusive interview with The Westside Gazette. She’s celebrating the 5th year anniversary of her first…

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400 Years in Virginia. 500 Years in Slavery.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Indeed, “the slave trade began in the 15th century,” said Boniface Chidyausiku of Zimbabwe in 2007, when he was the acting president of the United Nations General…

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