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In a significant victory for the Black Press of America this week. Media entrepreneur Byron Allen and fast-food giant McDonald’s have reached a settlement in a closely watched lawsuit that accused the company of discriminatory advertising practices against Black-owned media outlets.
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Local Artist Sir Diego Brazil will be performing at Miramar’s 2025 JUNETEENTH FREE Family Fun Day
Happening 6/19/2025 between 11AM – 3PM at Their City Hall Plaza located at 2300 Civic Center Place. Also at North Miami Beach’s 6/19/2025 Event, as well. There, He’ll sing the National Black Anthem, prior to the Drum Line & NPHC Step Show Competition. It’ll be located at 17011 NE 19 Ave North Miami Beach, Fl 33162 between 5pm – 9pm. 12pm – 4pm Legal Aid Services will be available.
Sylvester “Sly” Stewart—known to the world as Sly Stone, frontman of the groundbreaking band Sly and the Family Stone—has died at the age of 82. His family confirmed that he passed away peacefully at his Los Angeles home, surrounded by loved ones, after battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other health complications. Born March 15, 1943, in Denton, Texas, Stone moved with his family to Vallejo, California, as a child. He began recording gospel music at age eight with his siblings in a group called the Stewart Four. By his teenage years, he had mastered multiple instruments and was already pioneering racial integration in music—an ethos that would define his career.
Wayne Lewis, co-founder and member of the iconic R&B band Atlantic Starr, has passed away at the age of 68.
McKnight only acknowledging his kids with his current wife, and accepting her children as his own while seemingly turning his back on his biological children made the Black community scorn the singer. Some outright calling him a deadbeat dad.
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Scourge of Deadly Vengeance
Both America and Israel can’t and should never allow any of its enemies, especially weak unsophisticated ones, to launch a surprise attack killing thousands of its citizens. They must be ever so cognizant of how their own foreign policies and suppressive tactics create an endless slate of enemies. Regrettably, failure to prevent such attacks gives rise to the scourge of deadly vengeance.
I don’t know how else to say this other than to just say it.
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. Marilyn Batista, General Counselor for Broward County Public Schools needs to go. In fact, Batista…
A Transformational President
It was much more than a political assessment when I declared 15 months ago that “we know Joe, and most importantly, Joe knows us.” Joe Biden is succeeding because of he understands the needs and aspirations of the American people. His bold and inclusive initiatives are restoring the faith of those who have been hardest hit by the current health and economic crises and raising the hopes of those who had already been hard hit by injustices in our society long before these crises struck.
OP-ED: Remembering Dr. Dorothy Irene Height
During the early Civil Rights Movement when women worked behind the scenes, her quiet power brought wisdom and a social worker’s perspective to deliberations and strategies of the “Big Six” civil rights leaders. With an understanding of the importance of power of location, she purchased a building in Washington, D.C. between the White House and the Capitol, the only African American-owned building along that corridor of power.
It Takes A Village: Closing the STEAM Gap Requires Early Exposure to Career Choices
We’re all familiar with the popular proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” As a 21st century society, this still holds true, literally and figuratively. For non-millennials, who grew up in a vastly different era, there is a nostalgic mindset that a diverse community of inspiring people interacting with children has a positive and sustained life-changing impact on their developme
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Black Legislators political power that Black state legislators never had before and may never have again!
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