May 2020 Archive

RICHARD 'LITTLE RICHARD' PENNIMAN
Flamboyant Rock ‘n Roll Pioneer Little Richard dies at 87
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Vocalist, pianist, composer Little Richard, an architect of rock ‘n roll, found what he needed to explode worldwide when in 1955 he recorded in Cosimo Matassa’s J&M ...
Masks, small groups, no contact sports: what summer camps look like in phase one
By Marta Jewson The Lens Daily temperature checks, masks, small groups and curbside drop-offs are some of the things children and parents will likely see at summer camps and summer school during ...
NICHOLAS JOHNSON
A Black man has been named Valedictorian at Princeton University
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Princeton University senior Nicholas Johnson has been named the first Black valedictorian in the school’s 274-year history.
Experts are warning that the ‘sky is falling’ for rural health care in the South
By Olivia Paschal Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — As of May 12, more than 43,000 people living in the rural South have been infected with the coronavirus. Over 1,700 have ...
Sitting home while Black is getting people killed by the police
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (BlackmansStreet.Today) — Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death running while Black, but a disturbing number of African Americans have been shot to death by police while ...
Summer school will be virtual only, Orleans Parish School district says
By Marta Jewson The Lens Summer school in NOLA Public Schools district’s charters will be held online due to COVID-19’s unique grasp on New Orleans, the district announced Wednesday of last week. ...
Plea deals resume via video feed at New Orleans criminal court
By Nicholas Chrastil The Lens After weeks of being put on hold due to the coronavirus, plea deals at the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court have resumed via video feed. Four inaugural ...
Ida B’s Pulitzer – both too late and right on time
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Exactly one hundred and thirty-six years to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was awarded a Pulitzer ...
Celebrating Bro. Malcolm X, a warrior and master teacher
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist A former United States president has been quoted as saying “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. And a people who want to govern themselves must arm themselves ...
The murder of Ahmaud Arbery — and our continuing terror
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Today, there is a national outcry about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The public condemnation has forced a belated response. Those accused of his murder finally have ...

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