Living Legend: Alvia J. Wardlaw
HOUSTON – Alvia J. Wardlaw is an Art historian and curator. She was born on November 5, 1947 to Virginia Cage and Alvin Wardlaw. She was raised in Houston where she graduated from Jack Yates High School in 1965. Wardlaw earned her B.A. degree in Art History from Wellesley College in 1969, and her M.A. […]
Top Teens Represent at National Lemonade Day
Prairie View – In taking part in National Lemonade Day on Sunday, Prairie View Top Ladies of Distinction and the Top Teens of America were able to fulfill their core mantra of “M.O.M.E.N.T.U.M.” M.O.M.E.N.T.U.M. stands for Mission, Ownership, Mental toughness, Empowerment, Networking, Teamwork, Unity, and Mentorship all of the words which coincide for selling lemonade. […]
JUNETEENTH
By Stephanie Tilley From chains to self preservation, From enslavement to opportunity. It’s been a long journey to be recognized, To be acknowledged as human. Our black has been bruised… persecuted… and hated! We have been treated like forbidden fruit, When the taste of injustice, is lethal to our lives. No, we do not know […]
Here We Go Again, The Never-Ending Sex Smear of Dr. King
Earl Ofari Hutchinson Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered more than a half century ago in Memphis. Then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover has been dead almost a half century. Yet, one wouldn’t know it. King is once again being slammed with the age-old charge that he was a philanderer, a pervert, and a […]
The Truth About Integration Blacks Against Blacks – Part II.
“The myth of integration as propounded under the banner of the liberal ideology must be cracked because it makes people believe that something is being achieved when in reality the artificially integrated circles are a soporfic to the Blacks while salving the consciences of the few guilt-stricken Whites.” – Steven Biko By Roy Douglas Malonson […]
Mayor Turner Appoints One World’s Lead Strategist, Jeri Brooks, to Chair Permit Advisory Board
HOUSTON – The City of Houston, America’s fourth largest city has named CEO & Lead Strategist Jeri Brooks, founder of One World Strategy Group as Chairwoman of the Houston Permit Center (HPC) Advisory Board. The advisory board was created in 2012 to provide recommendations on areas of improvement to HPC leadership. In her new role, […]
Remains found in Arkansas identified as those of Maleah Davis
By Aaron Barker – Senior Digital Editor Human remains that were found in Arkansas last week were positively identified Monday as those of Maleah Davis. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said the 4-year-old girl’s cause and manner of death are pending further tests and investigation. Maleah Davis was reported missing May 4 by […]
How Indian Americans came to dominate the National Spelling Bee
By Shalini Shankar If the finals of the National Spelling Bee are upon us, so is the chatter about Indian American domination of the competition. Indian Americans have won every Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2008, a reign that is the result of a confluence of factors — feel-good documentaries that inspired future spellers, a […]
Harlem Drug Kingpin Frank Lucas Dies at 88
By Ibn Safir Harlem kingpin Frank Lucas, who inspired the 2007 feature film American Gangster with Denzel Washington, has died. According to CBS News, Lucas passed Thursday in New Jersey. He was 88. Raised in North Carolina, Lucas found his way to New York in the 1960s, eventually becoming a major drug trafficker based out […]
FAMU Law Graduate
FAMU Law Graduate Selected for Equal Justice Works 2019 Class of Fellows Fellowship includes graduates from 39 law schools Orlando, Fla – Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law Class of 2019 graduate Abigail Adkins has been selected for the 2019 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. This most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowship is made […]
