Obama paintings brought 1M more visitors to National Portrait Gallery
By Sanjana Karanth Contributing Writer (Special from HuffPost via Defender News Service) — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama’s portraits drew a million more people to the National Portrait ... The Krewe of Rameses Club hosts its 16th Biennial Carnival Ball
The Krewe of Rameses recently celebrated its 16th Biennial Carnival pageantry to the theme, “30 Years of Royalty and Pearls Knowledge,” during which King Rameses II of 2019 Michael Reed ... Educator, small business owner and former National Alumni president of Xavier U., Vera W. Robert, dies
Vera Williams Robert, an education and small business owner in Los Angeles, California, died on February 15, 2019. She was 89. Zulu’s Annual Cotillion presents 20 debutants to society
“Zulu Celebrate Fantasy and Adventure” was this year’s theme to the organization’s Coronation Ball, held, as tradition dictates, on the Friday evening before Mardi Gras. Kelly, Smollett and Cosby aren’t the only ones the cuffs need to be put on
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist OK, now that the cuffs have been put on R. Kelly, Jussie Smollett, and earlier Bill Cosby, three prominent, celebrity Black men, now it’s time to ... Four hundred years and we still ain’t clear: Distortions of Black history
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist According to some historians, Afro descendents first entered these united states in 1619 off the coast of Virginia. If we believe that narrative, Afrodescendents have been ... There’s an uprising going on in the Sudan!
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor Over the last fifteen years, what we have mainly heard about the Sudan – what had been the largest nation-state in Africa – revolved around ... Domestic terrorism must trump hoax
Make no mistake. Jesse Smollett’s alleged scheme was despicable. In manufacturing his hoax where red-capped MAGA thugs fleshed out violence on the streets of Chicago, Smollett cheapened the plight of countless ... Erase the Board
Community activism is flourishing in New Orleans. Whether it is Take Em Down NOLA’s effort to take down Confederate statues, The Fight for $15, demands by Gordon Plaza residents ... Letter to the Editor: Blackface
Recently, WDSU, Channel 6, in New Orleans, used valuable time of viewers, who own the airwaves, to stand-up and support Racism-white supremacy. The current President and General Manager, Joel Vilmenay, ...
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