By: Nevaeh Richards The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo awarded 70 Texas 4-H...
What about us? Time to step up and support Black students in agriculture!
Freedmen’s Town becomes Houston’s first Heritage District
Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston City Council voted to pass the Heritage...
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Love thy neighbor is a spiritual command that has both interpersonal and nation...
Victory! Juneteenth recognized as federal holiday
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday making June 19 officially...
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By: Roy Douglas Malonson Some things are long overdue, however, slowly but surely, it appears we are starting to turn a page in America. Juneteenth...
Hon. Albert Ely Edwards is the pioneer who fought and introduced the bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday. The former state representative, known...
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The final Legislative proposals found in SB-7 which was negotiated in private by two Republican leaders from the House and Senate, was unveiled the day before Sine Die...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson “Hear me clearly,” says Senator Tim Scott, currently the only Black Republican senator, “America is not a racist country.” Now, my expectations...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson Old Jim Crow laws have officially returned to Texas. Really, they never left. Lawmakers in Texas are already trying to attack the Black vote...
The Senate has confirmed Wally Adeyemo as the first Black Deputy Treasury Secretary in America. Adeyemo is the latest to join the Biden administration, aiding Treasury...
“Protect your children and your grandchildren, protect those who you come in contact with,” Congressman Clyburn stated during the annual National Newspaper Publishers...
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After a lengthy process of gathering stakeholder input, a nationwide search that included a diverse pool of applicants, and a comprehensive interview process, the HISD...
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents named Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas Southern University.
While we definitely promote higher learning in the Black community, we need to stop telling our children that it’s the only way to go. There are other alternatives that...
This past year put Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on the map. The election of Howard University graduate Kamala Harris for the second highest...
Benjamin Crump, renowned attorney, civil rights leader and author, presented Texas Southern University with a $20,000 check after serving as commencement speaker at the...
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We are stronger today than we were in the 1890’s. Rights that we possessed in 1890 were chopped up and cancelled during the first Reconstruction. Guest what, it took...
This past year has been a true trial for Houston and our nation and there are still so many in need who lost loved ones, lost jobs, are facing looming foreclosures and...
The final Legislative proposals found in SB-7 which was negotiated in private by two Republican leaders from the House and Senate, was unveiled the day before Sine Die...
After a lengthy process of gathering stakeholder input, a nationwide search that included a diverse pool of applicants, and a comprehensive interview process, the HISD...
Acevedo cannot give lip service to racial equity while opposing critical reforms that would help our communities thrive – especially when he knows first-hand the need...
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents named Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas Southern University.
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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has made Russell one of its headlining Class of 2021 inductees, and his civil rights legacy will also be at the top of his...
Bill 1927 should drive community builder's apoplectic because of the already existing unacceptable level of firearm violence and trauma to children and families.
merica has perpetually and spiritually been engaged in an Ethnic Exclusion War, because there are too many White Americans who do not believe: “that all men are created...
While we definitely promote higher learning in the Black community, we need to stop telling our children that it’s the only way to go. There are other alternatives that...
Phylicia Rashad, the Houston native who became everyone's favorite TV mom, is the new dean of the College of Fine Arts on Wednesday.
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