Local News

 The Case of the Holy Eagle Plume

A high school graduate from Oklahoma is suing the district where she previously attended school because she claims administrators there forbade her from wearing a holy eagle plume on her graduation hat. The case, which was filed last week in Tulsa County by attorneys for the student, Lena’ Black, against Broken Arrow Public Schools and two district workers, centers on an encounter that happened last year just before graduation. […]

Opinions

Profiling And Rating Presidential Candidates/Voters (Yourself)

  America declared its independence on July 4,  1776. At the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War,  George Washington was elected as its first president. Subsequently, forty-six  white men, with the exception of  one Black man, Barack Obama, who served two terms, have served as president.  The U.S. Constitution only stipulates the following three formal qualification for anyone seeking to run for the most powerful and demanding position in the world: 1) the individual must be a naturalized born American citizen, 2) must be at least thirty-five years old, and 3) must have been a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years. […]

Local News

OUR STORY AIDS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

Our Story: AIDS in the Black Community is a theatrical production composed of vignettes featuring cast of characters all keeping a secret; the fact that they are living with HIV. Audiences learn the back-story of the characters and the impact; not only on their lives, but those they love. To Millions of people all over the world live this story every day, and have been impacted by HIV in some way since the AIDS outbreak in 1981. Thirty years, it remains one of the most challenging and polarizing topics, specifically in the African American community. Our Story serves to address the topic of AIDS to begin the healing of Black communities and come together sharing information and understanding.  […]

Feature

Vice President Harris Talks Debt Ceiling, Maternal Health, and Small Biz in Exclusive Black Press Interview

Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, also has spearheaded work to help women retain autonomy over their bodies despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade legislation.
 In an exclusive interview, the vice president pledged more of the same going forward from the Biden-Harris administration. […]

Local News

Too Succesful  To Be A Negro

     Elmore “Buddy” Bolling, at the young age of 39, was killed with a barrage of shotgun blasts and pistol shots from White assailants. The Montgomery Advertiser described how brazen it was. “The shooters didn’t even cover their faces; they didn’t need to. Everyone knew who had done it and why. ‘He was too successful to be a Negro,’ someone who knew Bolling told a newspaper at the time.”  […]

Local News

Betty’s Soul Food Restaurant

My wife Sonia and I were aware that our neighborhood restaurant, Betty’s Soul Food, after a complete and thorough renovation, had reopened for  business, but until this past today, we hadn’t patronized. I suppose that, like us, many persons were just beginning to feel comfortable enough to return to some degree of normalcy after the Covid pandemic to venture in the public arena. […]

Opinions

Glades Voices Need to Be Heard on Good Air Quality

     Glades Lives Matter was founded to give a voice to the everyday people of the Glades because its often missing from discussions of issues that greatly impact our daily lives.  Sadly, our voice is continually dismissed when the media repeats misinformation about our rural communities and air quality.  In 24/7news cycles chasing clickbait, sensational comments often outweigh the truth. […]

Sports

Vernon “Skip” McCain: A Renaissance Football Coach

Previous articles featuring iconic HBCU football coaches included Big John Merritt, Alonzo “Jake” Gaither, Eddie Robinson and Marino Casem. As Coach Redmond and I mused over our next selection, and after considering several worthy candidates,  research led us to Vernon “Skip” McCain, a former assistant coach under  at Tennessee State, who became the head coach at Maryland State ( later renamed Maryland Easter Shore) in Princess Anne, Maryland. […]