COMMENTARY: Blacks are sitting ducks after Gov. Abbott lifts mask mandate
By: Roy Douglas Malonson Greg Abbott has lost his damn mind! The Texas governor announced this week that Texas will be reopening at 100 % and he is lifting the mask mandate. With all of the statistics and everything going on, why would he choose to do that when we know that, not only
Houston’s 1st Black City Secretary
Patricia Jefferson Daniel has been selected to serve as the City Secretary in Houston, marking the first time an African American has been chosen for the position.
In Remembrance: Cicely Tyson
The world has lost a true legend as Hollywood icon Cicely Tyson died at the age of 96. The pioneering African American actress — who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in âThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” — was in the middle of promoting her new memoir, “Just As I Am,” when she quietly passed away.
